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On Thu, Dec 12 2013, wraeth@××××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> On 13/12/13 09:47, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:52 PM, <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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>>> At home I use a wired connection so did notice the following problem |
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>>> until I traveled and tried to connect wirelessly. The problem must have |
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>>> started sometime within the past month. |
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>>> If I have wicd started by systemd, i.e. systemctl enable wicd The wired |
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>>> network is started fine but not the wireless. Instead, I see in the |
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>>> systemd journal |
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>>> |
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>>> wicd[290]: Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: wired error: No |
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>>> such file or directory wicd[290]: Failed to connect to non-global |
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>>> ctrl_ifname: wireless error: No such file or directory |
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>>> |
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>>> If I instead systemctl disable wicd, reboot, and then manually type |
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>>> wpa_supplicant -i wireless -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B |
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>>> it works. |
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>>> |
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>>> Indeed after I have booted I can start wicd and cannot get the error |
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>>> above, but the actual behavior is not consistent. |
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>>> My system is ~amd64, profile gnome/systemd |
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>>> My wireless driver is from the package broadcom-sta (wl) |
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>> I have never used wicd, so I can't say exactly what it's the problem; but I |
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>> was under the impression that wicd is basically dead. Its last release was |
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>> more than a year and a half ago. |
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>> Regards. |
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> I don't use wicd (or systemd) either, but you could have a look at what the |
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> systemd unit is attempting to run (assuming it isn't one of it's "special" |
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> type of units). Systemd units are just plain-text files. |
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> Default unit location is |
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> /usr/lib/systemd/system |
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> (or you could try |
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> locate wicd.service |
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> and the parameter you're looking for is ExecStart. |
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thanks but I had done that and the command is simply |
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/usr/sbin/wicd --no-daemon |
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Perhaps relevant is Type=dbus |
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Canek points out that wicd has had no new releases. Perhaps I should |
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switch to networkmanager. I will try that tomorrow. |
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Thank you both, |
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allan |
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