Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/virtual_test_sheriff.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/virtual_test_sheriff.py	(revision 61940)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/virtual_test_sheriff.py	(revision 61941)
@@ -279,5 +279,5 @@
         print 'error: %s' % (sText,);
         if self.oLogFile is not None:
-            self.oLogFile.write(u'error: %s\n' % (sText,));
+            self.oLogFile.write((u'error: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
         return 1;
 
@@ -290,5 +290,5 @@
                 print 'debug: %s' % (sText, );
             if self.oLogFile is not None:
-                self.oLogFile.write(u'debug: %s\n' % (sText,));
+                self.oLogFile.write((u'debug: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
         return 0;
 
@@ -300,5 +300,5 @@
             print 'info: %s' % (sText,);
         if self.oLogFile is not None:
-            self.oLogFile.write(u'info: %s\n' % (sText,));
+            self.oLogFile.write((u'info: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
         return 0;