[Tfug] Anybody try "wicd" as a replacement for Network Manager?

[andy]

thanks Jim, I'd had some connection problems, WiFi, on a Gutsy install I
did recently, but hadn't had the time to figure it out. This may be the
solution. I'll let you know if it works for me too.

Andy J.

On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 20:19 -0700, Jim March wrote:
> I had heard there were issues with Network Manager in Ubuntu in
> general and Gutsy specifically.  Hadn't had any problems until NM
> completely tossed it's cookies on me today - literally vanished and
> managed to do so in a fashion that left me unable to connect wired or
> WiFi to *anything*, even via manual configuration.  Not good!
> 
> I brought my rig up with a Feisty LiveCD first to prove my hardware
> was OK.  It was.  OK, did some digging, found other trouble reports -
> and people who were ripping NM out wholesale and replacing it with
> "Wicd".  Managed to get both the 1.3.1 (stable) and 1.3.4) ("testing")
> .deb files downloaded and copied to an external USB disk.
> 
> Brought up my crippled Gutsy and installed the 1.3.4 and dayum, it's
> all BACK.  I have wired and WiFi again.  With some interesting
> goodies: I can detect WiFi nets that don't broadcast SSIDs and can
> detect what type of security they have :).  It also has the ability to
> auto-execute scripts on net connect (even do so depending on which net
> it attaches to) and the ability to absolutely select a given WiFi net
> (or wired of course) as default - and it'll stick with it.
> 
> It feels a bit "Geekier" than NM and a "granny type" user would need
> more handholding - but not by THAT much.  Initial setup means running
> iwconfig to determine what hardware is around and picking that from a
> Wicd pull-down menu, and putting "/opt/wicd/tray.py" as a startup item
> somewhere (under "sessions" in Ubuntu).  Should work for Dapper on up.
> 
> Instructions at:
> 
> http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/linux/2007/10/18/ubuntu-gutsy-wireless-help
> 
> http://www.ossgeeks.co.uk/?p=166
> 
> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/features.php
> 
> Wicd:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=194573
> 
> So far I'd call this highly recommended.
> 
> Jim
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org