wicd-client.py crashed with AttributeError in CreateAdHocNetwork()

Binary package hint: wicd

i wanted to create an Ad.Hoc Network with wicd

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 28 16:04:47 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/wicd/wicd-client.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: wicd 1.6.1-3ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python -O /usr/share/wicd/wicd-client.py
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.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 AttributeError in CreateAdHocNetwork()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout dip fax lpadmin netdev plugdev root sambashare users uucp
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2197): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed