[Bug 831419] Re: ubiquity crashed in run() with: UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe8' in position 15: 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 Oneiric)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed in run() with: UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec
  can't encode character u'\xe8' in position 15: ordinal not in
  range(128)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Oneiric Desktop 20110822

  In Advanced partitioning, non-english, ubiquity crashes with the following error when users selects 'New partition':
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 132, in process_line
      return self.dbfilter.process_line()
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/debconffilter.py", line 281, in process_line
      if not input_widgets[0].run(priority, question):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py", line 2389, in run
      ('ubiquity/text/go_back', 'ubiquity/text/continue'))
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 1549, in question_dialog
      text = str(text)
  UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe8' in position 15: ordinal not in range(128)

  TEST CASE:
  1. Start ubiquity
  2. Select 'Français', then proceed to partman ('Continuer')
  3. Once on the partitioner step, select 'Autre Chose'
  3. Select device '/dev/sda' and click on 'Nouvelle partition'

  Result:
  this crash.

  ProblemType: Bug
  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 x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.279
  Date: Mon Aug 22 15:33:02 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110822)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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