Wcid Program problems

[omar parrado]

Lo masa aconcejable es formatear un disco como FAT32 ya que NTFS no es muy
compatible con ubuntu.

2009/5/26 Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>

> 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:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2009, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2009, Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>     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...........
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>     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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