1089618 – ruby error: incompatible encodings utf-8 and ascii-8bit when installation using non-English language

Bug 1089618 - ruby error: incompatible encodings utf-8 and ascii-8bit when installation using non-English language

Summary: ruby error: incompatible encodings utf-8 and ascii-8bit when installation usi...

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1088067

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Product:	openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Installation (show other bugs)
Version:	Current
Hardware:	x86-64 openSUSE Factory

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal (vote)
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Assignee:	E-mail List
QA Contact:	Jiri Srain

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Reported:	2018-04-15 15:08 UTC by Forgotten User lcHrdxyPBb
Modified:	2018-04-15 20:48 UTC (History)
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Description Forgotten User lcHrdxyPBb 2018-04-15 15:08:42 UTC

Overview: 
When installing openSUSE Tumbleweed using  Simplified Chinese, an error occured after choosing desktop enviroument, saying "incompatible encodings utf-8 and ascii-8bit".

Steps to Reproduce:
1). Use "openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso" when installing.
(sha256sum:bc4c42edd362bb790b89e3b6f723eb309fb2fa2d8039abf20bad1f6c48b2c5ab,Origin Name: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20180410-Media.iso)

2). Use "Simplified Chinese" as the default language to install.

3). Go directly to the next step after choosing the desktop environment like KDE, GNOME, etc.

Actual Results: The ruby reports its crash, saying "incompatible encodings utf-8 and ascii-8bit".

Expected Results: Go on to manage the disk partition. It behaves normally when using English.

Date: April 15th,2018

Additional Builds and Platforms: Whether or not the bug takes place on other platforms. The type of the computer is ASUS GL552.

Comment 1 Arvin Schnell 2018-04-15 20:48:15 UTC

Should be a duplicate of bug #1088067.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1088067 ***