wicd asks for password before connecting after upgrade to karmic

[Karl F. Larsen]

Ray Leventhal wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've solved this, but in a klunky way.  Just wanted to put it out there 
> in case there are others who hit a roadblock and perhaps to tweak the 
> nice folks who know more than I to reveal a better, less klunky solution.
> 
> Running Jaunty, fully updated.  wicd as installed nm.
> 
> Update to Karmic via alternate-cd mounted image.  All goes well, but on 
> reboot, wicd requires password (wired connection, no wireless on this 
> box).  I provide password, but have to stop and restart wicd to get 
> packets to pass.
> 
> A review of google results and the forums talk about something similar 
> from Intrepid to Jaunty upgrade, involving the /etc/init.d/wicd script, 
> but that was not the issue.  I'm guessing that wicd wasn't starting 
> properly, and tried to after the GUI came up.  Clientside working, 
> daemon not...
> 
> Anyway, I re-mounted the karmic-alternate cd image, did sudo apt-get 
> install network-manager, which removed wicd, then after reboot 
> (required, or so it said), I did sudo apt-get install wicd and all is well.
> 
> This one's for the archives, in case anyone runs into this trouble...I'm 
> sure there's a more elegant solution, but this worked for me.
> 
> HTH someone,
> -Ray
> 
> 

	Ray, I have been telling many upgrade people the same story. 
If you upgrade, the part of the device that attaches to the 
operating system is lost. So you need to re-install all those 
things.


73 Karl


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