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Questions tagged [wicd]

Wicd is an open-source network manager, aimed at simplifying the wired and wireless network management on Linux.

Official web page: https://launchpad.net/wicd

Currently, it does not support VPN or 3G networking; those features are planned for a future version.

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Wicd configuration file: how to read the password?

I have the password for a wifi connection stored on my computer, using wicd. However, I am wanting to check what the password is but I don't know how to read this when not in reach of this network. I have found the relevant file for this network in…
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How would one permanently set names for network interface (wifi/ethernet) in arch

Seems every reboot the names reverse different nics ( wifi/ethernet )…
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How can I solve wifi connection problems between Arch Linux and a WPA2 network?

My home network uses WPA2 for encryption. To connect to it from my Arch Linux insallation, I first tried using NetworkManager, however, that only managed to connect for a minute at most before dropping the connection. I replaced it with wicd, which…
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Why doesn't wicd install its daemon?

Yet again, I've found myself banging my head against the wall after having issues with wicd (the most consistenly buggy piece of widely-used software I've ever used). This time, after installing wicd from apt-get on debian 8 jessie and then trying…
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Wicd cannot detect wireless networks on Debian 6 testing, Xfce, fresh install

This is on a fresh Debian 6 testing install on my U100Plus MSI Wind netbook, running with Xfce desktop environment. My laptop's wireless connection works flawlessly in Xubuntu without manual intervention, so it is somewhat annoying it doesn't work…
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Can't connect unsecured wifi from Wicd or terminal

I can connect without issue to WPA networks, but if I am somewhere like a hotel and try to connect to an unsecured WiFi, things hang at the DHCP part and I don't get an IP assigned. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and my Wifi is on eth1 Wicd, hangs at the…
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Debian Cannot Access Internet Despite Being "Connected"

I'm have a problem, I cannot access the internet. I'm using a dell inspiron 6400 with debian kernel 3.2 installed. My windows manager is xfce4. I was never able to figure out the wired network, however at my home I had the wireless network working…
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Connecting to wireless router

According to this manual I tried: $ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"g\xC6isQ\xFFJ\xEC)\xCD\xBA\xAB\xF2\xFB\xE3F|\xC2T\xF8\x1B\xE8\xE7\x8DvZ.c3\x9F\xC9\x9A" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz …
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Auto-login to internet script

For me to connect to internet I need to login first. Normally I do this manually (by opening my browser then at the first URL I enter I am redirected to the ISP's login page). However there is a Perl script that does this automatically (each time…
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Disable LAN connection at startup in Debian

How to disable LAN connection at startup in Debian Jessie? Ido not know what establishes that connection. Is it any configuration file or my wicd that starts on boot. But when I open wicd I can see that connection via the wire is established after…
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wicd - no connection after boot, have to restart manually?

I'm using version 1.7.1_pre20120127 with python 2.7.2: [U] net-misc/wicd Available versions: 1.7.0 (~)1.7.0-r1 1.7.1_beta2-r4 (~)1.7.1_pre20111210-r1 1.7.1_pre20120127 (~)1.7.1_pre20120127-r1 (~)1.7.1 (~)1.7.1-r1 {X ambiance +gtk ioctl…
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Ubuntu 16.04 How to switch to Wicd Network Manager cleanly?

I am having issues with the gnome network manager and I have always liked the wicd network manager. I have already tried to reconfigure using dpkg --reconfigure to no avail. So I would like to just switch over, but I want to do it cleanly so that…
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How to setup network without wicd or NetworkManager?

I am working on a raspberry pi box with ubuntu(15.10) installed. It has limited memory so I want to same as much as possible. In memory usage report wicd/NetworkManager and subprocesses usage aprox 60MB RAM. Is there a way to setup networking…
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Linux: How to auto-configure IP routing based upon ping results

I've got a linux server with two possible connections to the net: one is a slow, high-latency cellular modem (ppp0), and the other is through fast wifi->broadband (wlan0). The problem is that the broadband connection sometimes goes down. However,…
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Wicd asking for password at startup

Wicd suddenly started to ask for password at startup, "Wicd needs to access your computer's network cards" sometimes followed by this error messages: "Could not connect to wicd's D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages" Never did…
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