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

Binary package hint: wicd

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10 (upgraded from jaunty)wicd:
  Installed: 1.6.1-3ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.6.1-3ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.1-3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
What expected to happen: create an ad-hoc wireless network
What happen: Did not create an ad-hoc wireless network and froze GUI (application still worked, or I would not be writing this)

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 3 16:17:32 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
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Title: wicd-client.py crashed with AttributeError in CreateAdHocNetwork()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1626): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1626): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1671): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1742): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed