python3 unicode strikes again. Some people's Xorg.0.logs are in UTF-8 (or other non-ascii formats), but apparently yours is still plain ascii. So the logic there needs to cope with a multiplicity of Xorg.0.log formats. (Presumably if you convert it to UTF-8 the bug filing will work.)
humber:/tmp$ file Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log: ASCII English text humber:/tmp$ echo "ë" >> Xorg.0.log humber:/tmp$ file Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log: UTF-8 Unicode English text -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054203 Title: apport hook is broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1054203/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs