monitor.py crashed with TypeError in call_blocking(): Expected a string or unicode object

[Ernest Bukowski]

wicd-gtk doesn't show up in the system tray for gnome/unity. only the nm-applet and that won't allow wireless config after wicd has been installed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: wicd-daemon 1.7.0+ds1-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 9 09:05:42 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/wicd/daemon/monitor.py
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -O /usr/share/wicd/daemon/monitor.py
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/wicd/daemon/monitor.py']
SourcePackage: wicd
Title: monitor.py crashed with TypeError in call_blocking(): Expected a string or unicode object
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-06 (3 days ago)
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