[Bug 600659] [NEW] internal system error

[cpatrick08]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kpackagekit

when i try to refresth the  software repository information i get the
following internal system error i am running kubuntu 10.10 alpha 2

Error Type: 
Error Value: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, exceptions.SystemError found
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2246, in 
main()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2243, in main
run(args, options.single)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2205, in run
backend.dispatcher(args)
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 723, in dispatcher
self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 630, in dispatch_command
self.refresh_cache(force)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 204, in _locked_cache
func(*args, **kwargs)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 1526, in refresh_cache
format_string(error.message))
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 747, in format_string
text = unicode(text, encoding, errors='replace')

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: kpackagekit 0.6.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-6.8-generic 2.6.35-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-6-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul  1 09:32:23 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kpackagekit
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100630.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kpackagekit
XsessionErrors: (process:1863): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

** Affects: kpackagekit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 iso-testing maverick

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internal system error
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