After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS I have the same
error, slightly different:
root@amd8:/home/helmut# software-properties-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options,
file=file)
File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py",
line 169, in __init__
self.show_keys()
File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py",
line 846, in show_keys
for key in self.apt_key.list():
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/AptAuth.py", line 75,
in list
for line in p:
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/codecs.py", line 313, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 1440:
invalid start byte
I tried the methods described above with gedit and "cat /var/lib/dpkg/available
| iconv -c -f utf-8 -t utf-8 > /tmp/available.fixed
root@amd8:/var/lib/dpkg# cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | iconv -c -f utf-8 -t
utf-8 > /tmp/available.fixed, but the error is still present. I did not install
davmail etc.
Can anyone help me? Ubuntu 14.04.1 is quite new, perhaps are there other
reasons.
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Title:
UnicodeDecodeError from broken package descriptions
Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “dpkg” source package in Quantal:
Invalid
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Fix Released
Bug description:
Attempting to launch software-properties-gtk results in this:
$ software-properties-gtk
gpg: /tmp/tmpsw0n10/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 162, in
packages_for_modalias
cache_map = packages_for_modalias.cache_maps[apt_cache_hash]
KeyError: 3989481
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 103, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options,
file=file)
File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py",
line 178, in __init__
self.init_drivers()
File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py",
line 1097, in init_drivers
self.devices = detect.system_device_drivers()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 415, in
system_device_drivers
for pkg, pkginfo in system_driver_packages(apt_cache).items():
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 319, in
system_driver_packages
for p in packages_for_modalias(apt_cache, alias):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 164, in
packages_for_modalias
cache_map = _apt_cache_modalias_map(apt_cache)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 129, in
_apt_cache_modalias_map
m = package.candidate.record['Modaliases']
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 429, in record
return Record(self._records.record)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xeb in position 114:
invalid continuation byte
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.92.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 21 08:54:17 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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