wicd and networkmanager stopped working

moljac024 · 2009-10-03 09:35:05

I know the subject doesn't say much, but I can't explain it. Wicd just decided to stop working this morning. It can't connect to the daemon, this is the output:

~ $  wicd-client 
Has notifications support True
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Can't connect to the daemon, trying to start it automatically...

(gksudo:3915): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(gksudo:3915): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(gksudo:3915): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(gksudo:3915): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed
Can't connect to the daemon, trying to start it automatically...

(gksudo:3919): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(gksudo:3919): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(gksudo:3919): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(gksudo:3919): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/gui.py:151: GtkWarning: gtk_toolbar_set_icon_size: assertion `icon_size != GTK_ICON_SIZE_INVALID' failed
  self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-client.py", line 827, in <module>
    main(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-client.py", line 88, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-client.py", line 793, in main
    the_gui = gui.appGui(standalone=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/gui.py", line 154, in __init__
    size = daemon.ReadWindowSize("main")
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'ReadWindowSize'

I then tried starting the networkmanager daemon and the applet, check it out:

~ $  nm-applet 

** (nm-applet:4280): WARNING **: <WARN>  applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service.
  Message: 'Connection ":1.31" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings" due to security policies in the configuration file'

So, this looks like a dbus issue, but I always start a dbus session with my window manager with "dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session". The system side daemon of Dbus should be started with hal.
NOTE: I see that it mentions some configuration file but I wouldn't know what file it is, so I couldn't have changed it

I looked in the pacman.log to see if it was a recent update and I can't see anything (yes, notice that I'm a -Syu junkie):

[2009-10-01 10:16] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-01 10:16] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-01 10:17] upgraded device-mapper (1.02.33-1 -> 2.02.53-1)
[2009-10-01 10:17] warning: /etc/conf.d/gpm installed as /etc/conf.d/gpm.pacnew
[2009-10-01 10:17] upgraded gpm (1.20.6-1 -> 1.20.6-3)
[2009-10-01 10:17] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.48-1 -> 2.02.53-1)
[2009-10-01 10:23] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-01 10:23] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-01 10:45] installed hibernate-script (1.99-1)
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> If suspend to ram doesn't work, edit the whitelist.c.diff
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> file to add your machine to the s2ram whitelist with the 
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> appropriate methods, then uncomment
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> the line in the PKGBUILD where the patch is applied, eventually
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> add the md5sum of the resulting patch and finally rebuild the package.  
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> Use 's2ram --identify' to identify your machine.
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> Be sure to let the suspend-devel list know!
[2009-10-01 15:24] 
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> The new Software Suspend does not use kernel parameters
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> to determine the suspend partition, instead it consults the
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> /etc/suspend.conf file when booting.
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> You MUST edit this file before you update your initrd.
[2009-10-01 15:24] 
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> You will need to update your mkinitcpio.conf file to
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> include the hook uresume.  Replace your 'resume' hook
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> with 'uresume'.  If you do not have a resume hook the
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> uresume hook must go before filesystems but after ide,
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> sata, and/or scsi.
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> Do not get this wrong.  Then rebuild the ramdisk with
[2009-10-01 15:24] ==> 'mkinitcpio -p kernel26' (or what else needed for the kernel you use)
[2009-10-01 15:24] installed uswsusp (0.8-5)
[2009-10-02 00:36] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 00:37] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 01:31] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 01:31] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 01:32] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:32] removed texlive-humanities (2009.15113-1)
[2009-10-02 01:32] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:32] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 01:32]  done.
[2009-10-02 01:32] removed texlive-latexextra (2009.15178-1)
[2009-10-02 01:32] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:32] removed texlive-bibtexextra (2009.15177-1)
[2009-10-02 01:32] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 01:32] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 01:32]   -->
[2009-10-02 01:32]   -->  Please remember to add 'fuse' to your MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf
[2009-10-02 01:32]   -->
[2009-10-02 01:32] upgraded acetoneiso2 (2.1-1 -> 2.1.1-1)
[2009-10-02 01:32] upgraded texlive-bin (2009.2-2 -> 2009.4-1)
[2009-10-02 01:33] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:33] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 01:33]  done.
[2009-10-02 01:34] recreating all formats... done.
[2009-10-02 01:34]  (logs are under /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[2009-10-02 01:34] upgraded texlive-core (2009.15216-1 -> 2009.15537-1)
[2009-10-02 01:34] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:34] upgraded texlive-latex3 (2009.15164-1 -> 2009.15493-1)
[2009-10-02 01:34] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:34] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 01:34]  done.
[2009-10-02 01:34] upgraded texlive-pictures (2009.15144-1 -> 2009.15544-1)
[2009-10-02 01:34] upgraded thunderbird (2.0.0.22-1 -> 2.0.0.23-1)
[2009-10-02 01:55] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 01:56] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 01:57] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:57] installed texlive-bibtexextra (2009.15542-1)
[2009-10-02 01:57] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:57] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 01:57]  done.
[2009-10-02 01:57] installed texlive-latexextra (2009.15540-1)
[2009-10-02 01:58] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 01:58] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 01:58]  done.
[2009-10-02 01:59] recreating all formats... done.
[2009-10-02 01:59]  (logs are under /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[2009-10-02 01:59] upgraded texlive-core (2009.15537-1 -> 2009.15537-1)
[2009-10-02 02:16] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 02:16] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 02:16]  done.
[2009-10-02 02:17] recreating all formats... done.
[2009-10-02 02:17]  (logs are under /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[2009-10-02 02:17] upgraded texlive-core (2009.15537-1 -> 2009.15537-1)
[2009-10-02 02:24] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 02:24] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 09:49] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 09:49] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 10:01] upgraded opera-snapshot (4609-1 -> 4644-1)
[2009-10-02 10:01] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 10:02] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 10:02]  done.
[2009-10-02 10:03] recreating all formats... done.
[2009-10-02 10:03]  (logs are under /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[2009-10-02 10:03] upgraded texlive-core (2009.15537-1 -> 2009.15574-1)
[2009-10-02 10:03] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2009-10-02 10:03] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2009-10-02 10:03]  done.
[2009-10-02 10:03] upgraded texlive-latexextra (2009.15540-1 -> 2009.15565-1)
[2009-10-02 10:07] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 10:07] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 10:09] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 10:09] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 13:43] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 13:43] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 13:44] upgraded griffith (0.9.10-1 -> 0.10-1)
[2009-10-02 13:44] upgraded gsl (1.12-2 -> 1.13-1)
[2009-10-02 13:44] upgraded pstoedit (3.45-3 -> 3.50-1)
[2009-10-02 15:28] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-02 15:28] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-02 18:37] installed meld (1.3.1-1)
[2009-10-03 11:00] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-03 11:01] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-03 11:06] upgraded apr (1.3.8-2 -> 1.3.9-1)
[2009-10-03 11:06] upgraded libical (0.43-1 -> 0.44-1)
[2009-10-03 11:06] upgraded mpd (0.15.2-1 -> 0.15.3-1)
[2009-10-03 11:06] upgraded qt (4.5.2-7 -> 4.5.3-1)
[2009-10-03 11:06] upgraded sshfs (2.2-1 -> 2.2-2)

Is this happening to just me ? If so, Allan, how did you manage to break just my pc ?

EDIT: Ok, that is interesting: even though I had "ck-launch-session" in my .xinitrc, when I ran it manually nm-applet started working...but wicd still won't play ball

Last edited by moljac024 (2009-10-03 10:08:24)

moljac024 · 2009-10-03 10:25:38

Removing wicd, purging all it's configuration files and installing it again "fixed" it, although I wouldn't call it that way....must have been bitten by a bug

pendor · 2009-10-12 13:46:45

Same weird wicd problem here. Your solution did not work for me.
Too bad, wicd was always (before this event) rock solid, and the best in its field.
Wifi-radar, wlassistant and the rest just don't cut.
The problem arised, it seems, from a yaourt -Syu five days ago, IIRC. Maybe "fakeroot" related? I'm clueless.

ise · 2009-10-12 13:54:31

pendor wrote:

Maybe "fakeroot" related? I'm clueless.

Why should it be fakeroot related? The last update I pushed to the repo was on September, 20th. Let me check wicd this evening on my laptop after work, maybe I can find something. Haven't turned on my laptop since last wicd update and it worked there.

pendor · 2009-10-12 20:07:20

The "fakeroot" comment was a very loonnggg shot. Because that's the last package (IIRC) updated BEFORE wicd stopped working... But, as I said, I can't trust my memory here. I think I noticed this problem (I'm on ethernet right now) one week ago, give or take 2 days...

pendor · 2009-10-12 20:09:47

Just after posting I finally managed to remember. Last time I used wireless without problem (on a public access point I use when not at home) was last Friday (october 9th). Hope this helps.

soupcan · 2009-10-13 21:14:48

Is it possible that the networkmanager errors have something to do with PolicyKit/ConsoleKit? I get a similar "org.freedesktop.foo" error when I try to eject a CD.

pendor · 2009-10-26 13:31:25

For me it´s finalley solved. Silly me, I´ve forgotten erasing /etc/wicd. The wicd log clearly stated parse problem. If I had read that, it would have been another different story.
So, summarizing, pacman -R wicd, erase all configuration files (esentially /etc/wicd), pacman -S wicd, nd there we go again!
Moral of story: obey wicd and read the log!!!!

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wicd and networkmanager stopped working

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