Remove or cancel Timeout exceptions in unit tests

Hi everyone today i tried to install Swift using the guide at http://swift.openstack.org/development_saio.html,
When i run the test "cd ~/swift/trunk; ./.unittests" this is what is put out

root@ACRS-HVM1:~/bin# cd ~/swift/trunk; ./.unittests
..........................................SSSSSSSS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/eventlet/hubs/hub.py", line 329, in fire_timers
    timer()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/eventlet/hubs/timer.py", line 56, in __call__
    cb(*args, **kw)
TypeError: exceptions must be classes, or instances, not str
EF............................................................................................
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ERROR: test_acc_or_con_missing_returns_404 (test.unit.proxy.test_server.TestObjectController)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/swift/trunk/test/unit/proxy/test_server.py", line 1329, in test_acc_or_con_missing_returns_404
    resp = getattr(controller, 'DELETE')(req)
  File "/root/swift/trunk/swift/proxy/server.py", line 81, in wrapped
    return func(*a, **kw)
  File "/root/swift/trunk/swift/proxy/server.py", line 97, in wrapped
    return func(*a, **kw)
  File "/root/swift/trunk/swift/proxy/server.py", line 1115, in DELETE
    partition, 'DELETE', req.path_info, headers)
  File "/root/swift/trunk/swift/proxy/server.py", line 531, in make_requests
    response = [resp for resp in pile if resp]
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/eventlet/greenpool.py", line 218, in next
    return self.waiters.get().wait()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/eventlet/greenthread.py", line 166, in wait
    return self._exit_event.wait()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/eventlet/event.py", line 116, in wait
    return hubs.get_hub().switch()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/eventlet/hubs/hub.py", line 172, in switch
    return self.greenlet.switch()
MessageTimeout: 42 seconds: my error message

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FAIL: test_bad_metadata (test.unit.proxy.test_server.TestObjectController)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/swift/trunk/test/unit/proxy/test_server.py", line 1427, in test_bad_metadata
    self.assertEquals(resp.status_int, 201)
AssertionError: 503 != 201

Name Stmts Exec Cover Missing
--------------------------------------------------------------------
swift 3 3 100%
swift.account 0 0 100%
swift.account.auditor 57 12 21% 30-37, 41-62, 66-84, 93-103
swift.account.reaper 204 23 11% 55-74, 78-82, 86-90, 94-98, 106-113, 122-132, 147-174, 213-266, 304-364, 387-415
swift.account.replicator 8 8 100%
swift.account.server 215 171 79% 62-63, 66, 69, 82-83, 86, 114, 137-138, 141, 156-158, 172, 255-269, 275-276, 280, 283, 286, 301, 307-311, 315, 327, 335-337
swift.common 0 0 100%
swift.common.bench 177 31 17% 32-33, 36, 42-78, 83-84, 91-104, 107-116, 119, 125-129, 132-139, 145-148, 151-157, 161-177, 183-186, 189-205, 211-218, 222-248
swift.common.bufferedhttp 64 46 71% 64-65, 122, 124, 155-169
swift.common.client 428 327 76% 28-29, 33-34, 39-43, 82, 124, 129, 134, 188-191, 217-225, 229, 231, 233, 249, 293-302, 332-344, 349, 351, 353, 355, 370, 399-402, 447-457, 520-533, 562-565, 599, 601, 603, 605, 616-627, 750, 754, 775, 797
swift.common.compressing_file_reader 31 31 100%
swift.common.constraints 73 73 100%
swift.common.daemon 38 35 92% 46-48
swift.common.db 730 631 86% 134-135, 230, 241, 298-301, 336-342, 354-356, 407-409, 425, 466, 472-474, 498-501, 529-535, 547, 582, 594, 597, 651, 732-734, 750, 762-763, 770-772, 800-803, 835, 841, 843, 866-868, 875, 893-895, 944-946, 971, 1067, 1201, 1216-1217, 1224-1226, 1236-1238, 1271-1274, 1288-1290, 1336, 1338, 1346-1360, 1374-1376, 1403-1405, 1430-1432, 1454, 1515
swift.common.db_replicator 316 192 60% 58, 180, 188, 193-195, 220-224, 233, 266, 285-287, 293, 295-296, 298, 306-312, 336, 344-345, 349-350, 354-357, 364-374, 391-398, 401-405, 413-414, 416-427, 430, 440-445, 458-477, 480-503, 514-522, 528-539
swift.common.direct_client 167 18 10% 34-36, 53-72, 94-124, 129-138, 163-182, 202-231, 257-287, 305-314, 338-347, 370-403
swift.common.exceptions 25 25 100%
swift.common.internal_proxy 85 79 92% 53, 115, 123, 127, 185, 207
swift.common.manager 321 321 100%
swift.common.memcached 187 171 91% 81-85, 101, 170-171, 206-208, 245-246, 275-276, 311-312
swift.common.middleware 0 0 100%
swift.common.middleware.acl 47 47 100%
swift.common.middleware.catch_errors 20 15 75% 43-48
swift.common.middleware.domain_remap 56 51 91% 108-113
swift.common.middleware.healthcheck 15 12 80% 42-44
swift.common.middleware.memcache 14 9 64% 36-42
swift.common.middleware.ratelimit 124 124 100%
swift.common.middleware.staticweb 219 213 97% 114-115, 150, 511, 516, 519
swift.common.middleware.swauth 721 668 92% 18-19, 83, 90, 97-98, 199, 202-235, 264-265, 317, 319-321, 348-349, 916, 1014-1015, 1044-1046, 1333, 1336, 1340, 1345, 1348, 1353
swift.common.middleware.swift3 231 225 97% 215, 337, 395-398, 446-447
swift.common.ring 2 2 100%
swift.common.ring.builder 256 227 88% 73-99, 102, 130, 147
swift.common.ring.ring 68 64 94% 33, 58, 67, 81
swift.common.utils 492 444 90% 71-72, 98, 134, 261, 317, 612-615, 644-648, 675-690, 701-707, 835-837, 873-876, 884, 889, 894, 962
swift.common.wsgi 111 38 34% 78-80, 82, 101-190
swift.container 0 0 100%
swift.container.auditor 58 12 20% 30-38, 42-64, 68-87, 96-106
swift.container.replicator 8 8 100%
swift.container.server 254 208 81% 102, 122-123, 134-135, 139, 142, 157, 163, 170-171, 175, 178, 195, 216-217, 220, 247, 343-357, 363-364, 368, 371, 374, 390, 396-400, 412, 420-422
swift.container.updater 166 106 63% 78-79, 89-99, 105-157, 201, 203, 237-240, 274-278
swift.obj 0 0 100%
swift.obj.auditor 115 113 98% 133-134
swift.obj.replicator 334 270 80% 150-154, 166-169, 222-225, 230-235, 237, 240, 261, 274, 284, 310, 331-332, 350, 365-368, 370-373, 385, 400-401, 433, 438-442, 451, 461-464, 479-480, 483, 493-494, 518-520, 527-529, 544-556
swift.obj.server 465 429 92% 114, 232-233, 281-282, 364-365, 457, 460, 493, 566, 639, 675, 699-716, 724, 731-734, 747, 753, 759-761
swift.obj.updater 140 99 70% 63-101, 112-114, 134, 139, 142-146, 167-172
swift.proxy 0 0 100%
swift.proxy.server 983 909 92% 19-20, 163-164, 210-216, 257-263, 385, 453-463, 509, 599, 616-617, 621-625, 705-713, 730-733, 735-738, 762, 766-769, 784, 795-800, 826, 1025, 1027-1030, 1099-1101, 1123, 1174, 1254, 1292, 1449, 1471, 1506, 1548, 1567, 1590-1592
swift.stats 0 0 100%
swift.stats.access_processor 150 137 91% 69-72, 76-79, 145-146, 162, 164, 171, 176, 200-202
swift.stats.account_stats 64 14 21% 36-51, 55-58, 63-112
swift.stats.log_processor 293 256 87% 46, 97-111, 124-125, 136-137, 199, 204-207, 211, 227-240, 497, 520-524
swift.stats.log_uploader 104 104 100%
swift.stats.stats_processor 30 26 86% 32, 38-41
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TOTAL 8669 7027 81%
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Ran 818 tests in 92.575s
FAILED (SKIP=8, errors=1)

can someone please help me