Installation failed when path to the ISO contains non-ascii characters
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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usb-creator (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: usb-creator
usb-creator-gtk version: 0.2.12
Ubuntu 9.10
When the path to ISO-file contains non-ascii Unicode characters, usb-creator-gtk fails with "installation failed".
[SRU request]
Impact:
users cannot create usb startup disk unless moving ISO.
ISO files are downloaded to xdg-downloads directory, and translated xdg-downloads directory's name usually contains non-ASCII characters.
users who want to make Lucid startup disk on Karmic machine may face this error.
fixed in version 0.2.21
and exact change is the following:
http://
TEST CASE:
1. Move ISO to "/home/
2. Launch usb-creator-gtk and select the ISO
3. Press "Make Startup Disk"
4. Get "Installation failed" message
Expected result:
Press "Make Startup Disk",
then start writing to USB stick
and done.
Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Tells "failure" or "aborted" when path to the ISO contains non-latin - characters + Installation failed when path to the ISO contains non-ascii characters |
description: | updated |
Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
description: | updated |
I faced the same problem.
I added my .usbcreator.log.
Log file ends with the line,
"TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings"
"Downloads" folder is translated to each languages.
And ISO images are downloaded to "Downloads" directory.
So, many users may face this problem.