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[Bug 869186] Re: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _render_status_text(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 34: ordinal not in range(128)

 

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 862029 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862029

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 862029
   software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _render_status_text(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe6 in position 6: ordinal not in range(128)

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Title:
  software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in
  _render_status_text(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in
  position 34: ordinal not in range(128)

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Trying to install Adobe Flash Player from Adobe website. I was given
  the option to enable "oneiric-partner", which I did (although I
  already had "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner"
  in sources.list). Then the error occured.

  PS: Synaptic was also running.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Oct  6 15:53:53 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner']
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _render_status_text(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 34: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-29 (7 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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