desktopcouch Value error cannot covert float Nan to integer

[fishears]

When I run this:
jb@jb-K7S41:~$ /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service

I get the following output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service", line 41, in <module>
    from desktopcouch.service import DesktopcouchService
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/service.py", line 9, in <module>
    from desktopcouch.application.service import *
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/service.py", line 44, in <module>
    from desktopcouch.application import local_files
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/local_files.py", line 297, in <module>
    keyring=Keyring())
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/local_files.py", line 226, in __init__
    self.configuration = _Configuration(self)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/local_files.py", line 128, in __init__
    ctx.keyring.get_oauth_data()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/platform/linux/keyring.py", line 68, in get_oauth_data
    consumer_key = self.make_random_string(10)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/util.py", line 26, in make_random_string
    return ''.join([entropy.choice(string.letters) for _ in range(count)])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/random.py", line 274, in choice
    return seq[int(self.random() * len(seq))] # raises IndexError if seq is empty
ValueError: cannot convert float NaN to integer

This last line is the same error I get in red on the Services tab of the UbuntuOne Control Panel.
(fresh install)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: desktopcouch 1.0.8-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 4 14:49:25 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: desktopcouch
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[vtec (vitekcvachoucek)]

I have made an intensive investigation into this one. I am java developer not a python guy but still I think you would consider my findings interesting:

Looks like it is a problem with the state of python bullt-in time module at the moment of the failure.

The problem stems from fact that the very first invocation of time.time() invocation yields NaN. I have tried to investigate the time method and time module but both dir() and help() would work just fine and produce believable results. Then I noted the traceback of the failure is not a full length so I added explicit traceback.print_stack() call nearby - AND THE DAMMED THING JUST STARTED TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The traceback.print_stack() must internally manipulate the python modules loaded and make some change to it. There are some interesting constructs on the stack - e.g. yield based iterator or some native code - might this have something with the problem? I have run into similar problem

This is the modified /usr/share/pyshared/desktopcouch/application/local_files.py save_to_file method starting at line 157

    def save_to_file(self, file_name):
        """Save to file."""
        container = os.path.split(file_name)[0]
        import traceback, sys, time
        sys.stderr.write(
        """ ----------------------------------
                           Traceback
        ---------------------------------- """)
        traceback.print_stack()
        sys.stderr.write("""
                             Time %s
        --------------------------------------- """ % time.time)
        fd, temp_file_name = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=container)
        f = os.fdopen(fd, "w")
        try:
            self._c.write(f)
        finally:
            f.close()
        os.rename(temp_file_name, file_name)

Is there some linux & python guy willing to help me to investigate it further and come to reasonable conclusion?

[Gregory P Smith (gpshead)]

FYI - I've filed http://bugs.python.org/issue14028 to track this as well from the Python side.

[Gregory P Smith (gpshead)]

As noted in the python issue, the problem in my case turned out to be bad hardware. I suspect the same of the initial reporter of this bug.