#6754: Perforce Error: Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients

tariqrahiman reported 2012-04-06T18:23:41Z · last modified 2012-04-10T00:55:37Z

Perforce Error: Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients

Dev	ivangron
QA	NielsGron

Priority	Major
Complexity	Moderate

Component	App - Version Control - Perf
Version	10.0

Version: 10.0.8
Build #: 25840
Build Date: 2012-Mar-16 06:50:00 AM

Try to connect to a utf8 enabled perfoce and Aqua Data Studio displays the following error Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients

Perforce Server Version is P4D is NTX86/2010.1/27126

com.perforce.p4java.exception.RequestException: Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients.

This is the exception that is displayed

at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.Server.handleErrorStr(Server.java:3155)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.Server.login(Server.java:515)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.Server.login(Server.java:485)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.Y????.a(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.Y????.bfp(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.Y????.bfo(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.Y????.bfq(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.X????.checkConnection(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.X????.commit(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.k????.execute(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.S???? 5 else.onOk(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.t???? static break.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6288)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6053)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4651)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4481)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4577)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4481)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:643)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(EventQueue.java:84)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:602)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:600)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:87)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:98)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:616)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:614)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:87)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:613)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:178)
at java.awt.Dialog$1.run(Dialog.java:1046)
at java.awt.Dialog$3.run(Dialog.java:1098)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1096)
at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1584)
at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1536)
at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:842)
at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:986)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.p???? abstract.open(Unknown Source)
at \\...\\ .\\??ñçêC???????\\.H???? transient short.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:357)
at com.jidesoft.plaf.vsnet.VsnetMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.plaf.vsnet.VsnetMenuItemUI$MouseInputHandler.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6288)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6053)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4651)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4481)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4577)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4481)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:643)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(EventQueue.java:84)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:602)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:600)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:87)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:98)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:616)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:614)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:87)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:613)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

Our Perforce Server was displaying it was in utf8, even though it was not. I manually changed it to Unicode by following the steps

Switching the Perforce server into unicode mode

To fix this problem, do the following:

Stop the server to prevent updates during this process.
Take a checkpoint
Convert the checkpoint file to be UTF8 encoded.
For Windows users, you can use Notepad (2GB limit), or another editor of your choice if your checkpoint is greater than 2GB, to convert the new checkpoint to UTF8. The editor itself is not important, athough word processors should be avoided as they may introduce additional formatting.
On Unix, consider using iconv.
Alternately, use any editor to remove or alter non-UTF8 byte sequences to be a valid UTF8 byte sequence.
Remove all db.* files
Restore from UTF8 checkpoint
Verify
Try p4d -xi again

All Comments (2) Change History

ivangron 2012-04-06T23:09:03Z · (edited)

P4CHARSET only affects files of type unicode and utf16; non-unicode files are never translated.

For servers operating in the default (non-Unicode mode), P4CHARSET must be left unset (or set to none) on client machines. If P4CHARSET is set, but the server is not operating in internationalized mode, the server returns the following error message:

	Unicode clients require a unicode enabled server.

For servers operating in Unicode mode, P4CHARSET must be set on client machines. If P4CHARSET is unset, but the server is operating in Unicode mode, client programs return the following error message:

	Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients.

For more about Unicode mode, including settings of P4CHARSET for various UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 character sets, with and without byte-order marks, see the Internationalization Notes:

	http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/user/i18nnotes.txt

For a complete list of valid P4CHARSET values, issue the command p4 help charset.

Following these specs, we need to provide the user the ability to set the charset for the perforce connection.

Will build a drop down box with the allowed charset & <default> where default will not set the charset of the connection.

Will also have provide this capability in the api with backwards compatibility so we don't break any current scripts.

ivangron 2012-04-07T00:09:37Z

Initial work complete. checked code in via revision: 26167. needs testing

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