issues on wpa1 with zcom and xubuntu

[boehser]

hi dear ubuntu members

last days i downloaded xubuntu 9.04 and installed, looks great ! so today i tried to get my wlan running. my hardware:
pcmcia card, zcom XI 325 hp+ with psim 2.5 chipset (so hostap ?) like this one (http://http://cgi.ebay.de/Zcom-Zcomax-Z-Com-XI-325HP-300mW-Linux-Wardriving_W0QQitemZ370201916674QQcmdZViewItemQQpt ZDE_Computer_Peripherie_Netzwerk?hash=item37020191 6674&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
ibm thinkpad t23
wpa1

my essid: WLAN-8C7F52

i ran this card on this laptop under debian lenny (it is still running) with this interfaces list


# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid WLAN-8C7F52
wpa-psk mypassphrase in plaintext

#iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#wireless_mode managed


my /etc/network/interfaces:




auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1

iface eth1 inet static

address 192.168.168.40

gateway 192.168.168.230

dns-nameservers 192.168.168.230

netmask 255.255.255.0

wpa-driver wext

wpa-ssid WLAN-8C7F52

wpa-ap-scan 1

wpa-proto WPA

wpa-pairwise TKIP

wpa-group TKIP

wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK

wpa-psk my passphrase crypted via tutorial




if i try to get eth1 (under debian lenny it is wlan0) running following happensifup:
couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces"

what can i do to get this running ? :(:(

please help me :)