wireless on 9.04

[NoOp]

On 09/09/2009 01:30 PM, Jay Daniels wrote:

> I have seen so many post on here with wicd broke my networking and they
> have to reload or re-install network manager that I would not recommend
> anyone use wicd unless they just cannot connect via wifi for some odd
> reason.  Otherwise, stay clear of this program until it becomes more
> stable.

Interesting; I've seen just the opposite. Perhaps we are looking at
different archives?

> 
> There may be a reason why wicd is not the default network manager in
> Ubuntu's Gnome, and I think the above is a very good reason.  No way to
> edit ssid name from the wicd interface  is another drawback.  Mistype
> the ssid and you may never connect and it won't let you change it! This
> wicd program is no way no how ready for primetime and I believe in it's
> current state it should be removed from the repositories until these
> problems are solved.

Are you serious? You don't need to install it if you don't wish to do
so. It was never installed automatically for you, was it?

The *only* Ubuntu Network Manager on any of my systems are on a machine
that is dedicated for testing plain Ubuntu. All of my working systems
have wicd installed instead. Yes, like any other package, wicd has it's
bugs:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bugs
[60 last count - many are 'Wishlist']

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager

At least you have a choice (that an the cli)...