diff options
-rw-r--r-- | src/buddy.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/buddy.py b/src/buddy.py index 68061c6..43271f7 100644 --- a/src/buddy.py +++ b/src/buddy.py @@ -955,8 +955,12 @@ class ShellOwner(GenericOwner): key_hash = profile.privkey_hash key = profile.pubkey - nick = client.get_string("/desktop/sugar/user/nick") color = client.get_string("/desktop/sugar/user/color") + nick = client.get_string("/desktop/sugar/user/nick") + if not isinstance(nick, unicode): + # GConf let you only store utf-8 encoded strings, why we can + # expect an utf-8 string here + nick = unicode(nick, 'utf-8') icon_file = os.path.join(env.get_profile_path(), "buddy-icon.jpg") f = open(icon_file, "r") |