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jovan dragisic (jdragisic) wrote : Re: [Bug 768363] Re: Not able to change software origins in software-properties-kde - TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

Yes, I left out the "for me" part in my previous post. Sorry.

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Romain Perier <email address hidden>wrote:

> Well, it does not bring up double entries for you but I can reproduce
> the bug for the Gtk and the Kde frontend...
>
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> Title:
> Not able to change software origins in software-properties-kde -
> TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
>
> Status in The apt sources.list editor used in Ubuntu (and Kubuntu):
> New
> Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Kubuntu (11.04)Natty Narwahl, 32 bit Not able to get the software
> properties dialog.
>
> Bug reproducible? Yes.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Open KPackageKit
> 2. Choose the "Edit origins button"
> 3. Fill in the policykit dialog
> 4. Nothing happens.
>
> The expected result would be to get a graphical window on which One
> could add repositories, or, much more importantly, change the download
> server.
>
> Running kdesudo kde-software properties gives out the following
> message:
>
>
> QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No
> such file or directory
> QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/mreto/.config/ibus/bus
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/software-properties-kde", line 122, in <module>
> app = SoftwarePropertiesKDE(datadir=data_dir, options=options,
> file=file, attachWinID=attachWinID)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py",
> line 129, in __init__
> self.init_distro()
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py",
> line 258, in init_distro
> checkbox = QCheckBox(utf8(template.description),
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/kde/I18nHelper.py",
> line 46, in utf8
> return unicode(str, 'latin1')
> TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
> Application asked to unregister timer 0x22000009 which is not registered
> in this thread. Fix application.
> Application asked to unregister timer 0x63000006 which is not registered
> in this thread. Fix application.
>
> Additional information on demand.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: software-properties-kde 0.80.8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Apr 21 16:05:47 2011
> InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110418)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: software-properties
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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