wicd-client.py crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in SetHiddenNetworkESSID()

Binary package hint: wicd

Ubuntu Karmic, release 9.10
Wicd, 1.6.1-3ubuntu1
Expected Wicd to run without error.
Wicd appears to crash, however gui successfully shows list of expected available networks.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 19 09:51:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/wicd/wicd-client.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: wicd 1.6.1-3ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python -O /usr/share/wicd/wicd-client.py
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/wicd/wicd-client.py']
SourcePackage: wicd
Title: wicd-client.py crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in SetHiddenNetworkESSID()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev video