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Description of problem:
redhat-config-network cannot be opened without crashing
After installing an Atmel USB wireless card (after a long and confused  period
of research), both the official and the Berlios Atmel drivers seem to be
loading. demesg reports on boot:
usb.c: registered new driver usbvnetr
usb vendor/product=d5c/a002
vnet_kernel.c: Reseting Usb Device
 
vnet_kernel.c: Reset completed.
Reg Domain
usbvnetr: driver version 1.0.1, compiled Sep  6 2003 11:14:47 (dbg_mask x0)
MAC addr 00:04:E2:79:DC:29 firmware 1.101.2.84
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
Multicast is enabled
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
divert: freeing divert_blk for eth0
vnetusba.c: usb eth0 initialized and registered
usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.11beta4
usb.c: registered new driver usbdfu
at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.11beta4
at76c503-rfmd.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver v0.11beta4
usb.c: registered new driver at76c503-rfmd
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REASSOCIATION RESPONSE
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I've saved the bug crash file if you need it.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open redhat-config-network
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  bug message

Expected Results:  opened redhat-config-network

Additional info:

Component: redhat-config-network
Version: 1.2.0
Summary: TB
/usr/src/build/228093-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/sre.py:137:search:TypeError:
expected string or buffer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/redhat-config-network-gui", line 154, in ?
    window = mainDialog()
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py",
line 154, in __init__
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py",
line 225, in load
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py",
line 232, in loadDevices
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCDeviceList.py",
line 210, in getDeviceList
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCDeviceList.py",
line 117, in load
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/plugins/NCDevWireless.py",
line 34, in load
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCWireless.py",
line 52, in load
  File "/usr/src/build/228093-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/sre.py", line 137,
in search
    return _compile(pattern, flags).search(string)
TypeError: expected string or buffer

Local variables in innermost frame:
pattern: ^s:
flags: 0
string: None