Public bug reported: Hello experts, I followed the following steps [1] and installed the stickynotes on Ubuntu 14.04. However, unfortunately, it always crashes with the error saying 'Sorry, Ubuntu 14.04 has experienced an internal error'.
The details of this error says the following problem: -------------- 'indicator-stinotes.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' coded can't decode byte 0xae in position 5:invalid start byte'. I found this useful post [2] indicating this bug for 14.04, I am not sure if I understand how this patch works. Regarding my python, its ------------- Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56) [GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 I would appreciate any suggestions/comments on fixing this bug. Thanks, pooja [1] --------------- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:umang/indicator-stickynotes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-stickynotes [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software- properties/+bug/1012602 ** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462196 Title: indicator-stinotes.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' coded can't decode byte 0xae in position 5:invalid start byte Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello experts, I followed the following steps [1] and installed the stickynotes on Ubuntu 14.04. However, unfortunately, it always crashes with the error saying 'Sorry, Ubuntu 14.04 has experienced an internal error'. The details of this error says the following problem: -------------- 'indicator-stinotes.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' coded can't decode byte 0xae in position 5:invalid start byte'. I found this useful post [2] indicating this bug for 14.04, I am not sure if I understand how this patch works. Regarding my python, its ------------- Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56) [GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 I would appreciate any suggestions/comments on fixing this bug. Thanks, pooja [1] --------------- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:umang/indicator-stickynotes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-stickynotes [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software- properties/+bug/1012602 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1462196/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
