Bug 1749566

Summary: Unable to install "GStreamer Multimedia Codecs...", GLib g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Chris Murphy <bugzilla>
Component: gnome-softwareAssignee: Kalev Lember <klember>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 30CC: gnome-sig, klember, rhughes
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Fixed In Version: gnome-software-3.34.0-2.fc31 gnome-software-3.32.4-3.fc30 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2019-09-28 00:02:48 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Chris Murphy 2019-09-05 21:33:09 UTC 
Description of problem:

Unable to install "GStreamer Multimedia Codecs..." [Invalid UTF-8]


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-software-3.32.4-1.fc30.x86_64


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try to install the recommended plugin
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Actual results:

Fails with error

Expected results:

Should install

Additional info:

In Fedora 31, gnome-software-3.32.4-2.fc31.x86_64, when totem asks if I want to go find the plug in Software, I click to go find it, and gnome-software launches, but I don't even get to the plug in screen, I'm dropped at the All screen. So the referral/search didn't work.
Comment 1 Chris Murphy 2019-09-05 21:33:47 UTC 
Created attachment 1612084 [details]
gnome-software --verbose
Comment 2 Chris Murphy 2019-09-05 21:34:34 UTC 
Created attachment 1612085 [details]
screenshot of error in g-s
Comment 3 Chris Murphy 2019-09-16 16:37:23 UTC 
I'm not running into this anymore as of gstreamer1-plugin-openh264-1.15.1-1, both on F30 and F31.
Comment 4 Kalev Lember 2019-09-24 09:02:37 UTC 
I'm debugging this and it's clearly still broken. Reopening.
Comment 5 Kalev Lember 2019-09-24 09:05:03 UTC 
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/merge_requests/315 should fix this
Comment 6 Chris Murphy 2019-09-24 17:30:20 UTC 
Cool, thanks Kalev.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2019-09-25 08:52:16 UTC 
FEDORA-2019-48c225e982 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-48c225e982
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2019-09-26 02:48:18 UTC 
gnome-software-3.32.4-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-48c225e982
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2019-09-26 02:55:47 UTC 
gnome-software-3.34.0-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-5016a9b501
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2019-09-28 00:02:48 UTC 
gnome-software-3.34.0-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2019-10-02 01:59:55 UTC 
gnome-software-3.32.4-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.