[Bug 831309] Re: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in preseed(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

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This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.7.18

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ubiquity (2.7.18) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Properly handle unicode around the hostname (LP: #831309).
  * Properly handle unicode around the timezone entry box (LP: #831533).
  * Properly handle unicode in the question dialog (LP: #831419).
  * Disable the background setting code for beta 1.
  * Wait forever for jockey to shutdown (LP: #653571).
  * Bump indicators to v6 (LP: #819979).
 -- Evan Dandrea <ev at ubuntu.com>   Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:56:37 +0100

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Crashed when installing with "Stéphane Graber".

  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 10:28:13 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Edubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110822)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity -d
  ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/4269/environ'
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', '-d']
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Title: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in preseed(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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