ndisgtk crashed with OSError in _execute_child() (attempt to execute network configuration applet)

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Binary package hint: ndisgtk

ubuntu alpha6 intrepid 8.10 and further updates to 23 Sept 08 problem persists.
ndisgtk (i386)
Installed: 0.8.3-1
Candidate: 0.8.3-1

ndisgtk installs new driver for ndiswrapper and appears and works, however when the 'configure network' button is clicked and it tries to spawn the network configuration applet it dies.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/ndisgtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: ndisgtk 0.8.3-1
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: python /usr/sbin/ndisgtk
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/ndisgtk']
SourcePackage: ndisgtk
Title: ndisgtk crashed with OSError in _execute_child()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-3-generic i686
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