[SOLVED] Wicd reactivation

[Member Klaas Vaak]

I use the Wicd network manager, and it is set to automatically connect to “this” network, which is the Wifi signal in my house.
Every time I switch off my computer and switch back on Wicd does not connect to the network, and the icon does not appear in the system tray.

So, I have to bring Wicd into focus via the Menu, which makes it scan for networks, finds the one it is supposed to connect to automatically, then connects, but the icon still does not appear in the system tray.
How can I avoid this manual process?

inxi -Fxz
System:
  Host: marie-claire Kernel: 5.1.5-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 6.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 
  Distro: antiX-17.4.1_x64-full Helen Keller 28 March 2019 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80M0 v: Lenovo YOGA 300-11IBY serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: Mini v: SDK0J33995WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: C0CN25WW 
  date: 04/21/2015 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 15.0 Wh condition: 25.4/30.0 Wh (85%) model: SMP L14M2P22 
  status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont 
  rev: 8 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8663 
  Speed: 1751 MHz min/max: 500/2582 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1335 2: 1156 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Bay Trail v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.1.5-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 1000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 29.24 GiB used: 4.15 GiB (14.2%) 
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: BGND3R size: 29.12 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB model: USB NAND FLASH size: 125.0 MiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 26.29 GiB used: 4.14 GiB (15.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/mmcblk0p3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 169 Uptime: 1d 39m Memory: 1.83 GiB used: 1000.5 MiB (53.3%) 
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.33

• This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Klaas Vaak.

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Hi, Klaas Vaak

Klaas Vaak wrote:

So, I have to bring Wicd into focus via the Menu, which makes it scan for networks, finds the one it is supposed to connect to automatically, then connects, but the icon still does not appear in the system tray.
How can I avoid this manual process?

If you didn’t activate the wicd option when first installing, then maybe it is not starting up automatically when you boot your system. go to
Control Center > Session > User Desktop Session
It will open many files in Geany. You must go to the file named “startup”. There, search for the wicd related lines. Uncomment the line corresponding to the wicd startup. It should look like this:

#Uncomment to show wicd networking monitor
wicd-client -t &
grep -q "START_DAEMON=no" /etc/default/wicd || wicd-client -t &

save and close Geany.

Another option is going to a terminal and doing:
sudo geany /etc/default/wicd
and changing START_DAEMON=no to START_DAEMON=yes. Don’t do this if you have already done the step above.

Normally, antiX will use ceni for managing networks, so wicd is disabled. you have to purposely enable it in your first boot from live CD/USB so that the program works automatically on every boot.

Let us know how it goes.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Xecure.

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Xecure wrote:

If you didn’t activate the wicd option when first installing, then maybe it is not starting up automatically when you boot your system. go to
Control Center > Session > User Desktop Session
It will open many files in Geany. You must go to the file named “startup”. There, search for the wicd related lines. Uncomment the line corresponding to the wicd startup. It should look like this:

#Uncomment to show wicd networking monitor
wicd-client -t &
grep -q "START_DAEMON=no" /etc/default/wicd || wicd-client -t &

save and close Geany.

Hi Xecure, good to hear from you again, and thanks for helping out.
I did the above. Before, when I activated Wicd, there would 1st be a dialogue box saying “Wicd need access to your network cards”, so you have to type in your user account. Then the Wicd window would open and start scanning.

After the uncommenting step above, I still get the 1st dialogue box, but after I input the password it does not show the Wicd window anymore and connects instead, although I do get a couple of message boxes that saying a daemon has closed/stopped, although that does not seem to affect the connection negatively.
Neither the password bit nor the message boxes happened before I did the uninstall/reinstall exercise.

To get rid of the daemon message boxes, should I do your step 2?
Is there a way to avoid getting asked for the password?

P.S. my apologies for a somewhat messed up quotes/blockquotes presentation. I get confused by the syntax :-((

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Klaas Vaak.
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Klaas Vaak wrote:

Is there a way to avoid getting asked for the password?

I have never had a password prompt come up to me, not even when using wicd in the past. I just checked on a live system (after activating wicd) and this doesn’t happen to me. Maybe you need to add your user to a specific group? Check in Control Center > Maintenance > User manager, then move to Group membership Tab, select your user, and make sure it is included in the group netdev (this is just a guess, I really don’t know if this is needed).
Can someone else confirm this, please?

Klaas Vaak wrote:

To get rid of the daemon message boxes, should I do your step 2?

Comment again the line you uncommented in the startup file (so that it is set as before) and try the second method.
A quick search gave me a very good step by step guide by noClue, where one should get wicd to autostart and autoconnect and no password prompt. Hopefully this helps:
Set Wifi automatic – wicd
Step 4 I think is not needed, as setting Daemon to “yes” should make the wicd icon to pop up.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Xecure.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Xecure. Reason: more info about Group policy

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Mine comes up OK on my Chromebook with AntiX 17.

Left click on image twice to blow up screenshot. Password prompt makes me wonder if md5sum check was done before install.

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@Xecure: your step 2 in your previous comment works perfectly – no more password prompt, no daemon message !!
Many thanks.

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rokytnji wrote:

Password prompt makes me wonder if md5sum check was done before install.

Yes, the md5sum check was done.

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