[SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

tony5429 · 2011-11-09 04:50:28

As the subject points out, upgrading Linux from 3.0.7-1 to 3.1-4 seems to break Wicd on my laptop. When I do this, no wireless networks show up and if I plug in ethernet, I cannot connect to it either. I solved the problem by blacklisting the wicd daemon, unblacklisting the network daemon, and uncommenting interface=eth0 in /etc/rc.conf, then rebooting, downloading the older kernel (3.0.7-1) which I had unfortunately deleted from /etc/pacman/pkg, and downgrading with pacman -U. I wonder if anyone else had similar trouble with this update....

Last edited by tony5429 (2012-04-05 07:43:37)

skunktrader · 2011-11-09 04:56:42

What chipset is your laptop using?

On one of my machines I am using broadcom-wl from AUR and I had to rebuild it in order to get wicd to work.

tony5429 · 2011-11-09 05:03:39

[karam@nikolai ~]$ lspci | grep Ethernet
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
[karam@nikolai ~]$ lspci | grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

tony5429 · 2011-11-09 05:04:52

But, I was able to connect to ethernet when I used the network daemon instead of wicd, so that makes me think the issue is not with the chipset...

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-09 06:59:20

I had the same problem. I use wicd & broadcom-wl and what seems to have resolved it for me was to grab broadcom-wl from aur and remake. Connects fine now.

Hope it helps

misc · 2011-11-10 21:01:41

Can't connect to anything with Wicd anymore either.

Using testing with:
Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)
Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100

WLAN networks will still show up and apparently connect — LAN ones won't — but Wicd fails to retrieve a IP as all dhcp clients consistently time out.

Manual connection (dhcpcd for LAN + wpa_supplicant for WLAN) works just fine.

edit: Doesn't appear to be caused by that kernel update on my system, though.

edit2: Apparently Wicd's configuration files — which had worked perfectly for months — somehow turned insufficient. I had it create new ones and now it works again.

Last edited by misc (2011-11-13 10:42:49)

Hohoho · 2011-11-13 18:50:17

I'm experiencing similar problems with wicd too, but it only affects wired connections: dhcp always times out.

I tried deleting wicd configs and reinstalling like misc suggested, but that did not help.

Strangely wireless works well.

tony5429 · 2012-04-05 07:43:20

Just did a totally fresh reinstall of the whole system and am now having no trouble with the latest kernel and wicd.

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#1 2011-11-09 04:50:28

[SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#2 2011-11-09 04:56:42

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#3 2011-11-09 05:03:39

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#4 2011-11-09 05:04:52

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#5 2011-11-09 06:59:20

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#6 2011-11-10 21:01:41

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#7 2011-11-13 18:50:17

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

#8 2012-04-05 07:43:20

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrading Linux 3.0.7-1 -> 3.1-4 Breaks Wicd

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