Wcid Program problems

[Karl F. Larsen]

Shannon McMackin wrote:
> On 05/26/2009 02:32 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 26 May 2009, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2009, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
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>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2009, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>     I have been looking at the Sourceforge web page for Wcid and it is
>>>>>>>> all showing signs of not enough help for the technical writing and no
>>>>>>>> plain blog on how to install and use Wcid software. Go to
>>>>>>>> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ and you will see what is happening.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     If you have experiance with a wiki they need help setting that up.
>>>>>>>> Also the list software is not working. I tried to join and nothing
>>>>>>>> happened. I am not expert in either area :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> Karl,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Go back to the sourceforge link you cited and *read* the whole page
>>>>>>> instead of skimming it. You will find a link to complete instructions on
>>>>>>> downloading and installing the program. Also a link to the wicd forum. I
>>>>>>> had no trouble registering. The key is that you have to read.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>     I have switched to ALL besides the home page and see NOTHING about
>>>>>> starting wcid once it is installed. Nothing about the tiny triangle you
>>>>>> MUST click to add a WiFi password. This is all NOT THERE, PERIOD!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> NOT THERE, PERIOD, huh? How about this from the sourceforge page:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>                    ............snip...........
>>>
>>>
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>>>>     This does not cover USING wcid on a Ubuntu computer with WiFi except
>>>> for Jaunty, and even there it doesn't talk to clicking the tiny triangle
>>>> so you can enter your password. This IS critical :-)
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Of course it is. It's also so trivial that no forum, wiki, HOWTO or man
>>> page that I could find feels it necessary to mention it. After going
>>> *way* back in the Ubuntu and Debian archives I failed to find anyone who
>>> had trouble figuring this out. No one required spoon feeding to that
>>> extent (disclaimer: due to the late hour and fatigue I may have missed
>>> some, but if so they were damned few).
>>>
>>> Tell me, boychick, why only you?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>      Well my mother, not like yours knew nothing about this problem so
>> she never told me be sure to leave the panel un-closed while you d/l the
>> key. That is why the part of the Ubuntu instructions covering this part
>> are done in dark letters. So guys like you can, if only you knew how to
>> read, learn something.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>     
> The point here is that Robert's telling you it was so trivial that he 
> didn't have to read about it.  He wasn't talking about the synaptic or 
> software sources, he was referring to your insistence that the triangle 
> widget in WICD should be documented.
>
> BTW, I tried WICD once and never needed any documentation to get it 
> running.  It didn't suit my needs, so I reverted back to NM and never 
> had issues with the keyring or any other portion of the application.
>
> Because it isn't obvious to you doesn't mean it's junk, broken or buggy 
> to anyone else.
>
>
>   
    I say if you tried Wcid and didn't like it, it must have been an 
early model. The current model is so good it puts Network-Manager to 
shame :-)

Karl


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