Description of problem: Saving settings changes in system-config-network fails with unicode error. Summary: TBe93ef273 Conf.py:998:__setitem__:TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-network-1.5.3-1.fc9.noarch How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit eth0 configuration, change dhcp -> static, set NM managed 2. click save Actual results: traceback, settings not saved Expected results: saved settings changes Additional info: Component: system-config-network Version: 1.5.3 Summary: TBe93ef273 Conf.py:998:__setitem__:TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 831, in on_applyButton_clicked self.save() File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 392, in save self.saveHardware() File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 420, in saveHardware hardwarelist.save() File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 700, in save hw.save() File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/plugins/NCHWEthernet.py", line 44, in save modules[self.Name] = dic File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/conf/Conf.py", line 998, in __setitem__ replace = key + ' ' + varname + ' ' + endofline TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found Local variables in innermost frame: findexp: ^[ ]*alias[ ]+eth1[ ]+ missing: 1 varname: eth1 self: <netconfpkg.NCHardwareList.MyConfModules instance at 0x9ca6e4c> value: {'alias': None} place: 0 key: alias endofline: None
system-config-network-1.5.4
real fix in system-config-network-1.5.5
Task Info: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=539945 Build Info: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=44372 rpms: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/system-config-network/1.5.5/1.fc9/noarch/system-config-network-1.5.5-1.fc9.noarch.rpm http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/system-config-network/1.5.5/1.fc9/noarch/system-config-network-tui-1.5.5-1.fc9.noarch.rpm
*** Bug 440222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
works for me. Thanks.