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Description of problem:
This is what I get while running os.access as non-root user:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnomeboyadvance", line 5, in ?
    gba = GnomeBoyAdvance()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnomeboyadvance/GnomeBoyAdvance.py", line 54, in __init__
    self.mySettings = Settings.Settings()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnomeboyadvance/Settings.py", line 24, in __init__
    if not self.__checkBinary(): self.tryFindBinary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnomeboyadvance/Settings.py", line 32, in __checkBinary
    return os.access(bin, os.X_OK )
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found


This seems to be an old bug as reported in http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-March/051906.html

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.1-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run a program containing os.access as non-root user.
  

Actual Results:  I got an unicode error

Additional info: