YaST fails with "Internal error ... invalid byte sequence in UTF-8"
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 (SLES 12 SP1)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 2 (SLES 12 SP2)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 (SLES 12 SP1)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 2 (SLES 12 SP2)
Situation
YaST fails with "Internal error ... invalid byte sequence in UTF-8"
Resolution
Your system, or parts of it, is indeed using a character encoding other than UTF-8, such as ISO-8859-1 or Shift-JIS.
As of SLE12-SP2, YaST assumes the system runs in UTF-8. There are multiple ways for YaST to read configuration and text from the system and so far we do not have a fix. If you can identify the text involved, remove it or replace with ASCII.
Please open up a Service Request with our technical support organization, so that we can make sure your case is covered by a fix.
As of SLE12-SP2, YaST assumes the system runs in UTF-8. There are multiple ways for YaST to read configuration and text from the system and so far we do not have a fix. If you can identify the text involved, remove it or replace with ASCII.
Please open up a Service Request with our technical support organization, so that we can make sure your case is covered by a fix.
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- Document ID:7018056
- Creation Date: 16-Sep-2016
- Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
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