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On Sun, Nov 27 2011, Dan Johansson wrote: |
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> On Sunday 27 November 2011 02.02:54 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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>> > In the last day or two wicd broke badly due to a net-tools upgrade. |
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>> > The recommended workarounds are to specify USE=old-output |
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>> > for net-tools or to downgrade net-tools one version (I am ~amd64). |
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>> > Neither of these have helped me. Wicd cannot start either the |
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>> > wired or wireless interface. |
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>> I have no solution, but just a "me too" that wicd-based networking |
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>> stopped working entirely after I emerged some updates a couple days |
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>> ago. My short-term "solution" was just stop wicd and use the old-style |
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>> net init script instead since I haven't had time to research any this |
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>> weekend yet. |
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> I had the same issue after upgrading net-tools, wicd stoped working. |
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> While googling for a solution I found a workaround: Use the "ioctl" backend |
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> instead of the "external" backend. |
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> For me this workaround works. |
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Thanks for the comments. I did the changes suggested in the bug report |
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(downgrade net-tools or specify USE=old-output). This changed the |
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behavior, but it was far from perfect. |
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The next morning, however, after no hardware/software changes but after |
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our thanksgiving guests (plus their laptops, phones, and ipads) left, |
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wicd is working pretty well on both affected machines. I was nowhere near |
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the 50 dhcp connection limit, but perhaps the extra radio transmissions |
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were hurting. Anyway now one machine has the downgraded net-tools, the |
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other USE=old-output and both seem to work. |
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This was definitely not fun. Now for a really scary thought. I just |
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let portage put gnome 3 on my "extra" laptop. That machine has a fresh |
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fairly minimalistic desktop/gnome install. Light testing shows gnome-3 |
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works as advertised. Do I dare put it on my real laptop? I am tempted |
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to wait until intersession so as not to hinder preparing for my |
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lectures; but I worry about letting a system go 1 month without updates. |
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allan |
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