Comment 4 for bug 388116

Sorry for the double post, the code from 1.5 for doing the same thing:

        # Read the essid because we be needing to name those hidden
        # wireless networks now - but only read it if it is hidden.
        if cur_network["hidden"]:
            if config.has_option(section, "essid"):
                cur_network["essid"] = config.get(section, "essid")
                if cur_network["essid"] in ["", "Hidden", "<hidden>"]:
                    cur_network["essid"] = "<hidden>"

Looks to me like 1.6 dropped the part where it loads the ESSID from the config file?