I’ve found a few people having similar errors, but they seem like old posts or on a different install method. Here are some of the things that are confusing me.
._configuration.yaml and ._entity_registry.yaml files have been created with only this line in them
'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb0 in position 37: invalid start byte
home-assistant_v2.db, pyozw.sqlite, and zigbee.db files only show this line
'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc8 in position 99: invalid continuation byte
Basically every file in /lib/ contains some variation of the errors above.
I frequently get errors or warnings that include core.py or other python errors in my homeassistant logs. The only thing that seems to be acting up is my zigbee setup, which never gave me trouble before. Front end, automations, and everything else seem to be working as expected.
Raspberrypi 3, hass.io, Linear HUSBZB-1 for zigbee. I just did a fresh install last night and pulled over some .yaml files from a recent snapshot.
I must admit, this does not make much sense to me as far as how you are describing the issue, but in general there is a lot of information out there on what the cause may be. You most likely have character set mismatch. That is, you have some multi-byte character possibly that can not be translated.
I saw that thread but am not sure how to go about correcting the problem. I don’t believe I can enter the command in terminal like the instructions in that post say to do. Nor am I certain if it’s contained to only a specific file, and which file it is.
Tried a new SD, new Pi, completely fresh install, I’m still getting tons of these errors. Anything in the /lib folder shows this error. If I add the Zha platform the Zigbee.db file is the same error as before. I’m really confused by this.
Nothing was brought over, completely fresh install. Still getting tons of the same errors. Most everything seems to be working fine so I guess I’ll leave it be for now, but it’s really confusing and a little frustrating.