UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc6 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)

[nmweizi]

centos 5.6
python2.7
virtualenv

(python-env)[as@localhost ~]$ ipython notebook --ip 192.168.1.1 
2014-02-07 17:11:45.074 [NotebookApp] Using existing profile dir: u'/home/as/.config/ipython/profile_default'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/web/python-env/bin/ipython", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('ipython==1.1.0', 'console_scripts', 'ipython')()
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/__init__.py", line 118, in start_ipython
    return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 544, in launch_instance
    app.initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py", line 312, in initialize
    super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/application.py", line 362, in initialize
    self.parse_command_line(argv)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py", line 307, in parse_command_line
    return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in parse_command_line
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 474, in parse_command_line
    return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize_subcommand
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 412, in initialize_subcommand
    self.subapp.initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/html/notebookapp.py", line 663, in initialize
    self.init_configurables()
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/html/notebookapp.py", line 507, in init_configurables
    self.cluster_manager.update_profiles()
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/html/services/clusters/clustermanager.py", line 78, in update_profiles
    for profile in list_profiles_in(path):
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/profileapp.py", line 102, in list_profiles_in
    full_path = os.path.join(path, f)
  File "/web/python-env/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 71, in join
    path += '/' + b
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc6 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)

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    c.Application.verbose_crash=True

[takluyver]

Looks like this was fixed in #4264, but not released yet. @minrk , you said 'candidate for backport' on that one - shall we backport it for 1.2?

[minrk]

Definitely, I'm not sure why the backport script isn't finding it.

closed by #4264.