Comment 19 for bug 388116

Has this bug been addressed in 1.7.0?
I am running debian's 1.7.0-2 packages, custom 2.6.32.2 kernel with ath5k driver and the behavior is as follows: upon encountering a hidden network, its name is shown as \x00\x00\x00....\x00. By specifying hidden network's essid, the name shows up correctly and I can connect. The wireless-settings.conf file carries correct information, except hidden=False setting. When restarted, the name becomes \x00\x00...\x00 again. After next restart, the essid in config file is set to \x00\x00.....
With previous wicd versions I was able to get this running reliably (involved fiddling with config file and restarting the thing once or twice). However, 1.7.0 resists my efforts.