Robin reports:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cliapp/app.py", line 190, in _run
    self.process_args(args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/app.py", line 173, in process_args
    cliapp.Application.process_args(self, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cliapp/app.py", line 537, in process_args
    method(args[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/plugins/backup_plugin.py", line 286, in backup
    self.backup_roots(roots)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/plugins/backup_plugin.py", line 396, in backup_roots
    for pathname, metadata in self.find_files(absroot):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/plugins/backup_plugin.py", line 477, in find_files
    for pathname, st in self.fs.scan_tree(root, ok=self.can_be_backed_up):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/vfs.py", line 234, in scan_tree
    pairs = self.listdir2(dirname)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/vfs_local.py", line 359, in listdir2
    return sorted(result, key=lambda st: st[1].st_ino)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obnamlib/vfs_local.py", line 359, in <lambda>
    return sorted(result, key=lambda st: st[1].st_ino)
AttributeError: 'exceptions.OSError' object has no attribute 'st_ino'

Also:

$ apt-cache policy obnam
obnam:
Geïnstalleerd: 1.3-1ubuntu1
Kandidaat:     1.3-1ubuntu1
Versietabel:
*** 1.3-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-bigballofwax/obnam-ppa/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages

This is fixed in Obnam 1.4. done --liw