[Bug 1320439] Re: Mythbuntu 14.04 installer crashes when testing updated mythbuntu-common 0.74 with VNC ticked in installation options

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1290460 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290460

Exception during installation:
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     install.run()
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     func(self)
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     self.configure_plugins()
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 570, in configure_plugins
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     self.run_plugin(plugin)
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 544, in run_plugin
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     ret = inst.install(self.target, PluginProgress(self.db))
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/myth-install-type.py", line 198, in install
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     self.setup_roles()
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/myth-install-type.py", line 178, in setup_roles
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     vnc.create_password(passwd)
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/vnc.py", line 59, in create_password
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     raise ValueError('Password should be passed as bytes')
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: ValueError: Password should be passed as bytes
May 17 07:58:53 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: 


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Title:
  Mythbuntu 14.04 installer crashes when testing updated mythbuntu-
  common 0.74 with VNC ticked in installation options

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This crash happened when testing updated mythbuntu-common package 0.74
  from trusty-proposed as listed in bug 1290460.

  This crash does not happen if VNC is not ticked in the installation
  options.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Sat May 17 15:58:58 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/mythbuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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