Cannot use Console: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode

[riogrande75]

Trying to run DahuaConsole on a Debian12.8 system with python3.11.
Console seems to be able to login as usual, but unfortunately as soon as I issue a command it crashes:

root@ldap:/etc/DahuaConsole# /etc/DahuaConsole/bin/python3 Console.py --rhost 192.168.1.35 --rport 5000 --auth admin:passw --proto dhip
[*] [Dahua Debug Console 2019-2021 bashis <mcw noemail eu>]
[*] logon type "default" with proto "dhip" at 192.168.1.35:5000
[+] Opening connection to 192.168.1.35 on port 5000: Done
[+] Dahua Debug Console: Success
[+] Login: Success
[+] keepAlive thread: Started
[*] [Active Users]
    [email protected] since 2024-11-24 10:30:01 with "Console" (Id: 21)
[*] Remote Model: VTH5221D, Class: VTH, Time: 2024-11-24 10:30:01
[Console]# config all
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/etc/DahuaConsole/Console.py", line 888, in <module>
    main()
  File "/etc/DahuaConsole/Console.py", line 882, in main
    DebugConsole(dargs=dargs)
  File "/etc/DahuaConsole/Console.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.main_console()
  File "/etc/DahuaConsole/Console.py", line 223, in main_console
    msg = sys.stdin.readline().strip().decode('ascii')
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
[*] Closed connection to 192.168.1.35 port 5000
root@ldap:/etc/DahuaConsole#

Any idea why this happens?

BTW: Using Console to e.g. dump config with parameter "--dump config" works fine.

[zyuganlee]

deleting .strip().decode('ascii') entirely works for me

[riogrande75]

Thx. As I am not a python guy I just followed strictly what you suggested:

             #msg = sys.stdin.readline().strip().decode('ascii')
             msg = sys.stdin.readline()

But this leads to following error msg:

  File "/etc/DahuaConsole/Console.py", line 224
    msg = sys.stdin.readline()
                              ^
IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level

[zyuganlee]

check if there is extra space or tab beside the .readline()

or try replace your code with this, see if it helps

try:
self.prompt()
#msg = sys.stdin.readline().strip().decode('ascii')
msg = sys.stdin.readline()
if not self.dh or not self.dh.remote.connected():
log.failure('No available instance')
return False
cmd = msg.split()

i have python 3.12.3

[riogrande75]

Thx - my fault: Do not use tab's with python code...
It works again!