[Bug 831455] Re: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in check_hostname(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

** Visibility changed to: Public

** Description changed:

  Oneiric Desktop 20110822
  
  TEST CASE:
  In 'Who are you/Computer name' enter a name with accented letters.
+ 
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 391, in info_loop
+     error_msg = check_hostname(txt)
+   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 45, in check_hostname
+     for result in validation.check_hostname(unicode(hostname)):
+ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)
  
  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.7.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.279
  Date: Mon Aug 22 18:11:45 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110822)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity -d
  ProcCwd: /home/ubuntu
  ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/3378/environ'
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', '-d']
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Title: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in check_hostname(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in check_hostname(): 'ascii'
  codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  New

Bug description:
  Oneiric Desktop 20110822

  TEST CASE:
  In 'Who are you/Computer name' enter a name with accented letters.

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 391, in info_loop
      error_msg = check_hostname(txt)
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 45, in check_hostname
      for result in validation.check_hostname(unicode(hostname)):
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.7.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.279
  Date: Mon Aug 22 18:11:45 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110822)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity -d
  ProcCwd: /home/ubuntu
  ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/3378/environ'
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', '-d']
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Title: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in check_hostname(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

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