Questions tagged [wicd]
Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.
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Auto connect to any open WiFi with Debian
I have a WiFi module that is registered with a WiFi network. There are a few other WiFi networks in the area. The computer, however, does not know which WiFi network it can connect to.
So the ...
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wicd does not automatically REconnect
I connect wirelessly to a router using wicd 1.7.2.4 on slackware 14. If I am not actively using the internet connection for some time then I lose the connection, but wicd does not automatically ...
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WICD Network Manager: Takes over a minute to cancel a network connection attempt. Forced to wait for DHCP client to timeout
Debian Buster XFCE using WICD. I do a lot networking work: setup and diagnosis of routing and switching. As such, it's not so rare that I ask WICD to connect to a network that has no functioning DHCP ...
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Wicd set up on centos
I am having difficulties with wicd on start up on CentOS 6. When it starts up it complains that it cannot connect to the DBus and that the daemon has shut down. When I check the log file there is ...
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Linux: Can I get the wicd daemon to disconnect my wireless network from the command line?
I'm thrilled using wicd to connect to wireless networks. But when I suspend my laptop using the special keys, I just want to disconnect from wireless without having to use any kind of GUI or curses ...
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How to close wicd gui without leaving dangling process
If I open the wicd gui with wicd-gtk &, closing it (even using the "Quit" button) may close the gui, but always leaves a process wicd-client running in the background apparently doing nothing. I ...
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"Bad Password" Message in WICD-Curses
I've been trying to use WICD-curses to connect to my Wi-Fi network. I thought it would be simple: I went to the config page for my network, entered the password at the bottom, hit F10, and waited for ...
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Wicd cannot detect wireless networks
Wicd cannot detect wireless networks, but it works well with wired network.
I just learn to install this kind of linux OS, so I got no idea for any configuration.
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How could I fix WICD? it's not longer finding networks
I'm on backtrack5 R2, and I was working fine, until I installed bind9, the problem is recently the WICD is no longer finding networks, but I can still connect to the networks I had, I've tried with ...
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Set more than one DNS in NetworkManager
I want to set 4 DNSs, but NetworkManager just has one field for DNS! I tried to add my DNS into /etc/resolve.conf but when I reboot my pc this file reset to defualt! Is there any way to set more than ...
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Unable to connect to wireless after switching from Gnome to KDE
I changed my desktop environment from GNOME to KDE yesterday, and after that I'm unable to connect to any wireless networks. I can find wireless networks, but for some reason unable to connect to them....
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Wicd+wpa_supplicant how to: NOT use certificates (PEAP+MSCHAP)? Enable logging?
I'm using Debian 8 (Jessie) with LDXE, Wicd, and wpa_supplicant, to try to connect to my work's WiFi network. The network uses PEAP and MSCHAP, but it does not use certificates.
When I leave the ...
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Connect to VPN when `wicd` delivers the internet
wicd and nmcli conflict, so how can I get onto a VPN if not through nmcli con up?
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nm-applet thinks I'm offline
I got on wireless with wicd-curses, but nm-applet thinks I'm disconnected.
What I'm really trying to do is get on my VPN, and I usually do this through nm-applet. It doesn't want to let me on VPN ...
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Network connection issues with Ubuntu 12.04
After reading through several threads on here about network connection issues, and trying to solve it on my own, to no avail, I thought I'd post the problem here.
I have an HP Chromebook 14 running ...
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wireless networking: can wicd switch wireless cards automatically
I have slackware64 13.37 installed on my laptop, with wicd 1.7.0 as network manager.
By default wicd connects using the internal wifi card.
I have a much better usb wifi card that I would prefer wicd ...
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My Laptop (HP/Compaq 2510p) running ubuntu 10.04 LTS keeps losing the WLAN connection
I am using Wicd and can successfully connect to my ADSL router (Thomson TG 787) using WPA PSK.
But with regular interval I lose the ability to connect to Internet. I can ping the GW and can actually ...