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Observation¶

The backend process dies after passing russian language characters to the 'type_string' function:

Result: incomplete, finished about 18 hours ago (01:41 minutes)
Reason: backend died: No map for 'Ã' at /usr/lib/os-autoinst/consoles/VNC.pm line 660.

autoinst-logautoinst-log

[debug] [pid:18134] /tests/test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm:16 called testapi::type_string
[debug] [pid:18134] <<< testapi::type_string(string="\321\202\320\265\321\201\321\202", max_interval=250, wait_screen_change=0, wait_still_screen=0, timeout=30, similarity_level=47)
[info] [pid:18141] ::: backend::baseclass::die_handler: Backend process died, backend errors are reported below in the following lines:
  No map for 'Ã' at /usr/lib/os-autoinst/consoles/VNC.pm line 660.
[info] [pid:18141] ::: OpenQA::Qemu::Proc::save_state: Saving QEMU state to qemu_state.json
[debug] [pid:18141] Passing remaining frames to the video encoder
[debug] [pid:18141] Waiting for video encoder to finalize the video
[debug] [pid:18141] The built-in video encoder (pid 18148) terminated
[debug] [pid:18141] QEMU: qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 18141 (/usr/bin/isotovideo: backend)
[debug] [pid:18141] sending magic and exit
[debug] [pid:18115] received magic close
[warn] [pid:18115] !!! OpenQA::Isotovideo::Runner::_read_response: THERE IS NOTHING TO READ 15 4 3

Also, when using russian language in 'virtual_terminal', for example, by using the 'assert_script_run' function, these characters are displayed in 'serial_terminal' as a set of characters "Ã", "ƒÂ" and "µ":

# echo "тест" > тест; echo Cq4TM-$?-

serial_terminalserial_terminal

# echo "тест" > test; echo WmalO-$?-
WmalO-0-
# echo "тест" > тест; echo Cq4TM-$?-
Cq4TM-0-
# cat test; echo s8R8w-$?-
тест
s8R8w-0-
# cat тест; echo M7Cf~-$?-
тест
M7Cf~-0-
# reboot
#
Killing shell...exit

# wait_serial expected: "echo \"\321\202\320\265\321\201\321\202\" > test; echo WmalO-\$?-"
# Result:
echo "тест" > test; echo WmalO-$?-

Steps to reproduce¶

1. Create 'test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm'Create 'test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm'

   If your system's graphical environment is different from KDE, then you need to replace the 'konsole' argument passed to the 'x11_start_program' function with the name of the terminal emulator executable according to DE:

   use base 'basetest';
   use strict;
   use testapi;
   use altutils;
   use sudo;
   use tty_console;
   use virtual_console;
   use x11_console;
   use lockapi;
   use mmapi;
   
   sub run {
       check_boot;
       dm_login;
       x11_start_program('konsole');
       type_string('тест');
       select_root_virtual_terminal;
       virtual_terminal_reboot;
   }
   
   sub test_flags {
       return {fatal => 1};
   }
   
   1;
   

2. Create 'test_language/t02_test_assert_script_run.pm'Create 'test_language/t02_test_assert_script_run.pm'

   use base 'basetest';
   use strict;
   use testapi;
   use altutils;
   use sudo;
   use tty_console;
   use virtual_console;
   use x11_console;
   use lockapi;
   use mmapi;
   
   sub run {
       check_boot;
       select_root_virtual_terminal;
       assert_script_run('echo "тест" > test');
       assert_script_run('echo "тест" > тест');
       assert_script_run('cat test');
       assert_script_run('cat тест');
       wait_serial('тест');
       virtual_terminal_reboot;
   }
   
   sub test_flags {
       return {fatal => 1};
   }
   
   1;
   

3. Prepare 'main.pm'Prepare 'main.pm'

   if (get_var('TEST') eq 'test_language') {
       loadtest("test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm");
       loadtest("test_language/t02_test_assert_script_run.pm");
   }
   

4. Create a jobCreate a job

   Adjust values according to your environment:

   # openqa-cli api -X POST jobs DISTRI=kworkstation VERSION=10.1 FLAVOR=HDD ARCH=x86_64 TEST=test_language MACHINE=64bit BUILD=TEST HDD_1=<disk>
   

5. Observe result for 'type_string'Observe result for 'type_string'

   [debug] [pid:18134] /tests/test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm:16 called testapi::type_string
   [debug] [pid:18134] <<< testapi::type_string(string="\321\202\320\265\321\201\321\202", max_interval=250, wait_screen_change=0, wait_still_screen=0, timeout=30, similarity_level=47)
   [info] [pid:18141] ::: backend::baseclass::die_handler: Backend process died, backend errors are reported below in the following lines:
     No map for 'Ã' at /usr/lib/os-autoinst/consoles/VNC.pm line 660.
   [info] [pid:18141] ::: OpenQA::Qemu::Proc::save_state: Saving QEMU state to qemu_state.json
   [debug] [pid:18141] Passing remaining frames to the video encoder
   [debug] [pid:18141] Waiting for video encoder to finalize the video
   [debug] [pid:18141] The built-in video encoder (pid 18148) terminated
   [debug] [pid:18141] QEMU: qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 18141 (/usr/bin/isotovideo: backend)
   [debug] [pid:18141] sending magic and exit
   [debug] [pid:18115] received magic close
   [warn] [pid:18115] !!! OpenQA::Isotovideo::Runner::_read_response: THERE IS NOTHING TO READ 15 4 3
   

6. Replace the Russian word "тест" with the English "test" in 'test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm'Replace the Russian word "тест" with the English "test" in 'test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm'

   # sed -i 's/тест/test/' test_language/t01_test_type_string.pm
   

7. Create a jobCreate a job

   Adjust values according to your environment:

   # openqa-cli api -X POST jobs DISTRI=kworkstation VERSION=10.1 FLAVOR=HDD ARCH=x86_64 TEST=test_language MACHINE=64bit BUILD=TEST HDD_1=<disk>
   

8. Observe result for 'assert_script_run'Observe result for 'assert_script_run'

   # wait_serial expected: "echo \"\321\202\320\265\321\201\321\202\" > \321\202\320\265\321\201\321\202; echo Cq4TM-\$?-"
   # Result:
   echo "тест" > тест; echo Cq4TM-$?-
   

Impact¶

We estimate the impact of the problem very highly, since the possibility of full-fledged testing of products with Russian interfaces is blocked.

Problem¶

• Encoding problems?
• Missing settings / variables?
• Incorrectly configured PostgreSQL database? By the way, before launching 'openqa-setup-db.service', we decided to try to create a PostgreSQL database with the locale 'en_US.UTF-8', instead of 'ru_RU.UTF-8' by default, due to the language of the system. According to the "Migrating PostgreSQL database on OpenSUSE" (https://open.qa/docs/#_migrating_postgresql_database_on_opensuse / "5. Prepare the migration" / 2nd "IMPORTANT" note) before setting up openQA, the database was initialized with the standard openQA locale and encoding: --encoding=UTF 8 --locale=en_US.UTF-8 --lc-collate=C --lc-ctype=en_US.UTF-8 --lc-messages=C --lc-monetary=C --lc-numeric=C --lc-time=C But, unfortunately, this did not affect the reproduction of the error.
• Perhaps the OCR that is not working with us is related to this issue, but that's another story...

Workaround¶

Currently unknown.