nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

This happens when choosing "connec to hidden wireless network" everytime.

Also to note - wireless doesnt appear until i hit the hardware off/on switch on the laptop.

Also since recent ubuntu precise updates, I cannot even select my wireless network when it shows up - it is greyed out. this is likely a separate bug, but mentioning it here too.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.2.0+git.20120126t000800.5151959-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Mar 8 02:54:12 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 9 "Isadora" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.67 metric 1
NetworkManager.state:

ProcCmdline: nm-applet
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 g_assertion_message () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 nm_utils_security_valid () from /usr/lib/libnm-util.so.2
Title: nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout disk fuse lpadmin mythtv netdev plugdev sambashare vboxusers
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 Poland ea679eff-4c45-4e1e-8e1e-f16f6060e995 pppoe 1310570625 Wed 13 Jul 2011 16:23:45 BST no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
 Auto eth0 99e1c1d4-830e-4853-a023-1d8964a6ca21 802-3-ethernet 1331172042 Thu 08 Mar 2012 02:00:42 GMT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 eth1 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.3.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled