[Bug 1197892] [NEW] do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'

[rebel maroc]

Public bug reported:

an upgrade want to remove unity and some required files like Xorg-***

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.196
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-2.9-generic 3.10.0
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Thu Jul  4 17:56:37 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-24 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130623)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/do-partial-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade', '--frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3']
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Title: do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-crash dist-upgrade need-duplicate-check saucy

** Information type changed from Private to Public

** Description changed:

- un upgrade want to remove unity and some required files like Xorg-***
+ an upgrade want to remove unity and some required files like Xorg-***
  
  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.196
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-2.9-generic 3.10.0
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-2-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Thu Jul  4 17:56:37 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-24 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130623)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/do-partial-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade', '--frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3']
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Title: do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade():
  'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  an upgrade want to remove unity and some required files like Xorg-***

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.196
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-2.9-generic 3.10.0
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-2-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Thu Jul  4 17:56:37 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-24 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130623)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/do-partial-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade', '--frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3']
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Title: do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

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