I got a similar traceback when I was trying to get more information for an application:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/utils.py", line 94, in wrapper f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py", line 324, in on_application_activated vm.display_page(self, SoftwarePane.Pages.DETAILS, self.state, self.display_details_page) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/viewmanager.py", line 150, in display_page callback(page, view_state) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py", line 654, in display_details_page self.app_details_view.show_app(view_state.application) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 1425, in show_app skip_update_addons=(type(self.app)==DebFileApplication)) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 1254, in _update_all self._update_app_description(app_details, appname) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 1149, in _update_app_description self.desc.set_description(description, appname) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/description.py", line 1121, in set_description desc = GObject.markup_escape_text(desc) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xed' in position 31: ordinal not in range(128) ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822915 Title: software-center-gtk3 crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in set_description(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe8' in position 9: ordinal not in range(128) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/822915/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs