Cannot Use /etc/network/interfaces & /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf to Setup Wireless Networking in Karmic

Since installing 9.10, I can't use /etc/network/interfaces & /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf to setup wireless. In addition, wicd will not see my router and NetworkManager drops my connection regularly.

/etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-driver wext
        wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
        wireless-rate 54M

/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=users

network={
        ssid="Home"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        psk="password"
}
network={
        ssid="Work"
        key_mgmt=NONE
        wep_key0=key
}

This method worked PERFECTLY under Jaunty.