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kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Unable to start wicd

[user@myhost ~]$ wicd-client
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-client.py", line 50, in <module>
    import wicd.gui as gui
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/gui.py", line 2006, in <module>
    setup_dbus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/gui.py", line 174, in setup_dbus
    proxy_obj = bus.get_object("org.wicd.daemon", '/org/wicd/daemon')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 622, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.wicd.daemon was not provided by any .service files

Having problems starting wicd...:(
I need some help, thanks in advance

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kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Re: Unable to start wicd

Any ideas?

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manutd8611

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From: Oklahoma

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 7

Re: Unable to start wicd

I was having the same problem... I don't know what is causing the problem and I couldn't get it to work, so I uninstalled wicd and installed wicd-svn from the AUR which now works fine.  Hope this helps.

kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Re: Unable to start wicd

Last night I've installed Arch on the eee pc with XFCE4 as it's de, installing wicd was flawless...:D
I don't know why this happend on my KDEmod on eee pc...

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adrynov

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Registered: 2008-11-12

Posts: 13

Re: Unable to start wicd

Before the recent update I solved this problem by re-installing dbus-core

Not any more...

adrynov

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Registered: 2008-11-12

Posts: 13

Re: Unable to start wicd

I rolled back from wicd 1.5.5 to 1.5.4 and WICD works again.

8-)  Arch Linux updates are like wine spilt on new table-cloth - happen suddenly and break something

kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Re: Unable to start wicd

I guess you're right, the problem is with wicd...On my XFCE4 I'm using wicd 1.5.3..:D

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kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 2,484

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Re: Unable to start wicd

I rolled back from wicd 1.5.5 to 1.5.4 and WICD works again.

8-)  Arch Linux updates are like wine spilt on new table-cloth - happen suddenly and break something

Some updates are really not that smooth,but well, the package was not mine, i had to have my fair share of errors upgrading it. And all because I like to keep packages, even though they are not mine, up to date.

Well, here is the solution for some of the problems with the latest update:

Success! Gullible Jones' suggestion worked perfectly.

For those interested, here are the original permissions of /var/log/wicd after a fresh install:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 2008-12-02 18:16 wicd

I stopped wicd, removed the directory, and restarted wicd. It was recreated like this:
d-wxrw--wt 2 root root 21 2008-12-04 19:15 wicd

So, an easy solution would probably be to have the installer package initially create the directory with these permissions. Or, conversely, _don't_ create the directory and let wicd do it on initial start.

Anyway, I'm good now. Thanks a bunch for the suggestion.

Enjoy!

Last edited by kensai (2008-12-05 02:20:25)

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adrynov

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Registered: 2008-11-12

Posts: 13

Re: Unable to start wicd

Oh, no, no criticism (which is plain unfair).

I consider Arch experience fun. Only two months on it and I already firmly believe that distro-hopping is over for me.

If things break, we fix them or look for solutions. Thank you for your hard work!!!

wnwek

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Registered: 2009-05-03

Posts: 17

Re: Unable to start wicd

Is this still valid in wicd 1.5.9?

wnwek

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Registered: 2009-05-03

Posts: 17

Re: Unable to start wicd

What I meant was, do we still have to maintain these permissions in wicd 1.5.9? Or let the /var/log/wicd directory have the standard 755 permissions?