jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

I was reporting bug 494719 and at the end a dialog appeared that said jockey stopped responding or something (I'm sure the details are in the attached docs)

ProblemType: Crash
.var.log.jockey.log:

Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 9 20:41:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nw8440 (RH415EA#ABB)
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.5-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jockey-gtk --check 60
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/jockey-gtk', '--check', '60']
SourcePackage: jockey
Title: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 11/23/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68YVD Ver. F.15
dmi.board.name: 30A3
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 40.19
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU6501JVS
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68YVDVer.F.15:bd11/23/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqnw8440(RH415EA#ABB):pvrF.15:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30A3:rvrKBCVersion40.19:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq nw8440 (RH415EA#ABB)
dmi.product.version: F.15
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard