Error to run on encode

[dragon2fly]

Error to run on encode

[Dragon2fly]

Thank you for reporting an error. Can you name which OS are you using?
Is it the first time you encounter this error?

[lucasduete]

it's the first time that i have this error, i'm using the elementary OS 0.4 Loki, it is based in the kernel of Ubuntu 16.04.02 LTS

[Dragon2fly]

Can you reproduce this error? If yes, what steps that you have taken?

[lucasduete]

to install i use :
$sudo apt install python-requests openvpn resolvconf python-urwid wmctrl realpath gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 gir1.2-notify-0.7 python-gobject git
$git clone https://github.com/Dragon2fly/vpngate-with-proxy.git

to run i use
$cd vpngate-with-proxy
$./run tui

i test this but returned the same error :
$./run clt

[Dragon2fly]

i test this but returned the same error :
$./run clt

Do you mean $./run cli?

Does this error happened for every server and every times that you try to connect?
Currently I have no clue how it could happen. The error means that it read the output of openvpn process and failed to decode a character. And since it reads line by line, the number of 59274 makes no sense. No line could have that many character.

[lucasduete]

I teste if the error appears when i use the script in a network with proxy and not return concret response. After i test with a script for execute many times the code, some times it's works but usually not. For last i try this:

./run tui >> error.txt

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 1082, in <module>
    screen.run()
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 1018, in run
    self.loop.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 278, in run
    self._run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 376, in _run
    self.event_loop.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 682, in run
    self._loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 715, in _loop
    alarm_callback()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 164, in cb
    callback(self, user_data)
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 665, in periodic_checker
    self.status(self.ovpn.messages)
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 957, in status
    log.write(m + '\n')
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe0' in position 59274: ordinal not in range(128)

the result in the error.txt is :

cat error.txt

#!/bin/bash

# allow running from anywhere
# when making an alias in .bashrc or /etc/environment: vpn="path/to/./run"

dir=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")";
echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"

user_home=($HOME)
type=$1
arg=$2

if [ "$type" == "cli" ]; then
    sudo python vpnproxy_cli.py $user_home $arg
else
    if [ "$type" != "tui" ]; then
        arg=$type
    fi

    # check if this os is *buntu and launch vpn_indicator
    os_id=`cat /proc/version`
    target="buntu"
    test "${os_id#*$target}" != "$os_id" && stdbuf -oL python vpn_indicator.py > logs/indicator.log &

    sleep 0.2
    sudo python vpnproxy_tui.py $user_home $arg
fi

[Dragon2fly]

`the result in the error.txt is :
cat error.txt

You copy the wrong content. That is the content of cat run, not cat error.txt. Also ./run tui >> error.txt doesn't redirect the stderr to file.

Please try the following 2 lines. It's redirect both stdout and stderr to file.

$./run cli > error_cli.txt 2>&1
$./run tui > error_tui.txt 2>&1

Then, please paste the content of these 2 files to here.

[lucasduete]

cat error_tui.txt

vpn_indicator.py:5234): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2045:14: 'min-height' is not a valid property name
(vpn_indicator.py:5234): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2046:13: 'min-width' is not a valid property name
(vpn_indicator.py:5234): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2051:13: 'min-width' is not a valid property name
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 1082, in <module>
    screen.run()
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 1018, in run
    self.loop.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 278, in run
    self._run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 376, in _run
    self.event_loop.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 682, in run
    self._loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 715, in _loop
    alarm_callback()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 164, in cb
    callback(self, user_data)
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 665, in periodic_checker
    self.status(self.ovpn.messages)
  File "vpnproxy_tui.py", line 957, in status
    log.write(m + '\n')
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe0' in position 59274: ordinal not in range(128)

cat error_cli.txt

fetching data
using gate:  http://www.vpngate.net

Connection to gate http://www.vpngate.net failed

using gate:  http://p76ed4cd5.tokynt01.ap.so-net.ne.jp:16169
HTTPConnectionPool(host='p76ed4cd5.tokynt01.ap.so-net.ne.jp', port=16169): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/iphone/ (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f1a46597750>, 'Connection to p76ed4cd5.tokynt01.ap.so-net.ne.jp timed out. (connect timeout=3)'))
Connection to gate http://p76ed4cd5.tokynt01.ap.so-net.ne.jp:16169 failed

using gate:  http://103.1.249.67:29858
HTTPConnectionPool(host='103.1.249.67', port=29858): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/iphone/ (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f1a46597d90>, 'Connection to 103.1.249.67 timed out. (connect timeout=3)'))
Connection to gate http://103.1.249.67:29858 failed

using gate:  http://211.217.242.42:3230
HTTPConnectionPool(host='211.217.242.42', port=3230): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/iphone/ (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f1a46597c90>, 'Connection to 211.217.242.42 timed out. (connect timeout=3)'))
Connection to gate http://211.217.242.42:3230 failed

using gate:  http://zp018093.ppp.dion.ne.jp:36205
HTTPConnectionPool(host='zp018093.ppp.dion.ne.jp', port=36205): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/iphone/ (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f1a46597dd0>, 'Connection to zp018093.ppp.dion.ne.jp timed out. (connect timeout=3)'))
Connection to gate http://zp018093.ppp.dion.ne.jp:36205 failed

Failed to get VPN servers data
Check your network setting and proxy

[Dragon2fly]

Can you tell me what python version are you using. $ python --version
Is your network behind a proxy? Can you access or any mirror through your browser?

log.write(m + '\n')
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe0' in position 59274: ordinal not in range(128)

It is weird that m is unicode type not str type. For a temporary solution, please open file vpnproxy_tui.py, move to line 957 and change log.write(m + '\n') into log.write((m + '\n').encode('utf-8'))

Then, please test it again and paste the log to here.

[lucasduete]

yes, this solve my problem.