[Bug 1322938] Re: Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS installation crashed if VNC service is selected

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

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1290460
   Mythbuntu Installer Crashes: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/vnc.py", line 58, in create_password ValueError: Password should be passed as bytes

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Title:
  Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS installation crashed if VNC service is selected

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The installer crashes if the VNC Service is marked to install when
  asked in the installation, but finishes OK if is not installed.

  The output from /var/log/syslog before the crash is:

  May 25 01:11:04 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     vnc.create_password(passwd)
  May 25 01:11:04 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/vnc.py", line 58, in create_password
  May 25 01:11:04 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:     raise ValueError('Password should be passed as bytes')
  May 25 01:11:04 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: ValueError: Password should be passed as bytes
  May 25 01:11:04 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:

  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 24 21:48:33 2014
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/mythbuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
  LiveMediaBuild: Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  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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