Public bug reported: When using apport-collect in an environment with kde, it consistently crashes
--------------------------- $ apport-collect 1589997 dpkg-query: no packages found matching linux Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 530, in <module> sys.exit(UserInterface.run_argv()) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 653, in run_argv return self.run_update_report() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 569, in run_update_report response = self.ui_present_report_details(allowed_to_report) File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 367, in ui_present_report_details desktop_info) File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 184, in __init__ self.ui.ui_update_view(self) File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 358, in ui_update_view QTreeWidgetItem(keyitem, [str(line)]) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 21: ordinal not in range(128) ------------------------- There is a patch in a comment in this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1368911) by @schmod, but the bug is for apport, hence I am opening this as a new one. I tested the patch on my system and now it works as expected. ** Affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Patch provided by schmod" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1590656/+attachment/4680185/+files/apport-kde.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1590656 Title: apport-kde from xenial crashes due to charset encodings Status in apport package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When using apport-collect in an environment with kde, it consistently crashes --------------------------- $ apport-collect 1589997 dpkg-query: no packages found matching linux Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 530, in <module> sys.exit(UserInterface.run_argv()) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 653, in run_argv return self.run_update_report() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 569, in run_update_report response = self.ui_present_report_details(allowed_to_report) File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 367, in ui_present_report_details desktop_info) File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 184, in __init__ self.ui.ui_update_view(self) File "/usr/share/apport/apport-kde", line 358, in ui_update_view QTreeWidgetItem(keyitem, [str(line)]) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 21: ordinal not in range(128) ------------------------- There is a patch in a comment in this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1368911) by @schmod, but the bug is for apport, hence I am opening this as a new one. I tested the patch on my system and now it works as expected. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1590656/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp