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From: wraeth <wraeth@××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recent trouble with wicd and systemd (non-global ctrl_ifname)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 08:45:05
Message-Id: 52AC1A81.4040303@privatdemail.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] recent trouble with wicd and systemd (non-global ctrl_ifname) by Bruce Hill
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4 On 14/12/13 04:26, Bruce Hill wrote:
5 > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 08:05:14PM -0500, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote:
6 >>
7 >> thanks but I had done that and the command is simply /usr/sbin/wicd
8 >> --no-daemon Perhaps relevant is Type=dbus
9 >>
10 >> Canek points out that wicd has had no new releases. Perhaps I should
11 >> switch to networkmanager. I will try that tomorrow.
12 >>
13 >> Thank you both, allan
14 >
15 > Again, I haven't looked at the thread, and don't use systemd, either, but
16 > wicd needs to start in daemon.
17 >
18 > wicd - wireless connection daemon implementation
19 >
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21 This is probably related to how systemd handles services - instead of starting
22 processes in daemon mode, it remains as a forground task on a detached session
23 of systemd, so that anything that comes out through STDOUT/STDERR gets picked
24 up and routed through journald.
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26 At a guess, anyway - i've only dabbled with it infrequently for work :)
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29 wraeth
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