jockey-text crashed with ValueError in __get_value_from_name(): invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'

super fresh install an hour ago - have done updates / reboot cycles a few times no pending updates
crash happened immediately upon boot up completion just as desktop was first shown

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: jockey-common 0.9.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 18 18:11:56 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-text
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110804)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F70SL
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jockey-text -C --no-dbus -k 3.0.0-7-generic
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=
 LC_COLLATE=C
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic root=UUID=73865b14-704a-4fd7-8156-af5fb2f24249 ro acpi=off vt.handoff=7
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/jockey-text', '-C', '--no-dbus', '-k', '3.0.0-7-generic']
SourcePackage: jockey
Title: jockey-text crashed with ValueError in __get_value_from_name(): invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-18 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 211
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: F70SL
dmi.board.vendor: ASUS CORPORATION
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr211:bd02/18/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnF70SL:pvr1.0:rvnASUSCORPORATION:rnF70SL:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: F70SL
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.