UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 24: ordinal not in range(128)

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Fresh install after running axis for a while had trouble installing the conversational. had to skip and couldnt install manually. now on pb startup i get this qtpyvcp.log is this similar to issue #61 ?

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It worked properly before this

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Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/leo/.local/bin/probe_basic", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/probe_basic/__init__.py", line 20, in main
    qtpyvcp.run_vcp(opts, VCP_CONFIG_FILE)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/__init__.py", line 27, in run_vcp
    run(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/app/__init__.py", line 129, in run
    launch_application(opts, config)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/app/launcher.py", line 78, in launch_application
    loadWindows(config['windows'])
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/app/launcher.py", line 228, in loadWindows
    window = _initialize_object_from_dict(window_dict)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/app/launcher.py", line 208, in _initialize_object_from_dict
    return obj(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/probe_basic/probe_basic.py", line 24, in __init__
    super(ProbeBasic, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 57, in __init__
    self.setMenuBar(self.buildMenuBar(menu))
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 246, in buildMenuBar
    recursiveAddItems(menu_bar, menus)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 231, in recursiveAddItems
    recursiveAddItems(new_menu, items)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 235, in recursiveAddItems
    new_menu = _initialize_object_from_dict(item, parent=menu)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/app/launcher.py", line 208, in _initialize_object_from_dict
    return obj(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/widgets/recent_files_menu.py", line 56, in __init__
    self.update(files or self.status.recent_files())
  File "/home/leo/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtpyvcp/widgets/recent_files_menu.py", line 61, in update
    fname = fname.encode('utf-8')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 24: ordinal not in range(128)

Options

{
    "command_line_args": null, 
    "config_file": null, 
    "confirm_exit": null, 
    "develop": false, 
    "fullscreen": null, 
    "help": false, 
    "hide_cursor": false, 
    "hide_menu_bar": false, 
    "hide_status_bar": false, 
    "info": false, 
    "ini": "/home/leo/linuxcnc/configs/leos_cnc/leos_cnc.ini", 
    "log_file": "/home/leo/qtpyvcp.log", 
    "log_level": null, 
    "maximize": null, 
    "perfmon": false, 
    "position": null, 
    "qt_api": null, 
    "size": null, 
    "stylesheet": null, 
    "theme": null, 
    "version": false
}

System Info

 * Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
 * Kernel: 4.19.0-24-rt-amd64
 * Qt version: v5.11.3
 * Qt bindings: PyQt5 v5.11.3
 * LinuxCNC version: v2.8.4
 * QtPyVCP version: v0.3.19+18.gee2deacc

Attachments

log qtpyvcp.log

kcjengr / qtpyvcp