[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

This bug was fixed in the package comix - 4.0.4-1ubuntu1 --- comix (4.0.4-1ubuntu1) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium * src/image.py: - switch from removed tostring to tobytes. (LP: #1521730) -- Brian Murray Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:29:39 -0700 ** Changed in:

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

With the version of comix from -proposed I can now see thumbnails and don't receive a crash report. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected, Accepted comix into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/comix/4.0.4-1ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Description changed: Test Case - - Confirm that the version of the package from -proposed does not appear in the version list here: + 1) Read a comic with comix. + 2) Observe a crash after closing the comic with a Traceback regarding tostring(). + With the version of the package

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Description changed: + Test Case + - + Confirm that the version of the package from -proposed does not appear in the version list here: + + https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/usr/share/comix/src/comix.py%3AException%3A_load%3A_add_page_number%3Apil_to_pixbuf%3Atostring + +

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

This bug was fixed in the package comix - 4.0.4-3ubuntu1 --- comix (4.0.4-3ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium * debian/patches/remove_tostring.patch: - switch from removed tostring to tobytes. (LP: #1521730) -- Brian Murray Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:14:44 -0700

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Changed in: comix (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1521730 Title: comix.py crashed with Exception in

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Also affects: comix (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: comix (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: comix (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Changed in: comix (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray) ** Changed in: comix (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

Here's an explicit HOWTO for the .rpm workaround: # Get the .rpm (don't worry about the i386; it's an architecture-agnostic Python application) wget ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/updates/23/i386/c/comix-4.0.4-9.fc23.noarch.rpm # Get alien sudo apt-get install alien # Convert the

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

This bug prevents Comix from displaying thumbnails, but does not cause it to crash on my computer (I am also on Xenial). It looks like development of Comix has stalled, but the Fedora maintainers have continued to patch it, and have fixed this particular bug:

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Changed in: comix (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1521730 Title: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been

[Bug 1521730] Re: comix.py crashed with Exception in tostring(): tostring() has been removed. Please call tobytes() instead.

** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check ** Changed in: comix (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/1521730 Title: comix.py crashed with Exception