unable to register to a wlan with character ñ in essid

[clmates]

unable to connect to any wireless network with the ñ char in the essid

here is an extract of the log

2010/02/17 18:23:10 :: enctype is wep-passphrase
2010/02/17 18:23:10 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2010/02/17 18:23:10 :: ['wpa_supplicant', '-B', '-i', 'wlan0', '-c', '/var/lib/wicd/configurations/00507f380a49', '-D',
2010/02/17 18:23:10 :: ['iwconfig', 'wlan0', 'essid', 'Oficoru\xc3\xb1a']
2010/02/17 18:23:10 :: iwconfig wlan0 channel 2
2010/02/17 18:23:10 :: iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:50:7F:38:0A:49

look at the wrong essid, it should be Oficoruña

wicd version 1.7.0
arch linux
kde 4

tested with 2 networks, one is a WEP one (the logs one), and the other was an open system with essid espacio coruña

[efremigio (efremigio)]

Same here. I am using Debian Sid.

[efremigio (efremigio)]

And the same if the 'ñ' char is in the passphrase, I can not connect. But if I put this passphrase in hexadecimal works.