[Bug 831533] Re: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in changed(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)

[Mathieu Marquer]

Actually occured right after selecting the time zone on the map and
clicking on "next". Two installs, occured twice.

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in changed(): 'ascii' codec
  can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Crashed when upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04, before (while?) selecting
  timezone.

  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 i686
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.279
  Date: Mon Aug 22 20:18:32 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110822)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
  ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/3408/environ'
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Title: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in changed(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-timezone.py", line 117, in changed
       .startswith(text.lower())]]
   UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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