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Clueless

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Registered: 2011-08-17

Posts: 16

Wicd fails to start

Wicd fails to start for me, but I have no idea why. The following is what my DAEMONS array looks like:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus !network crond wicd)

When I log in to XFCE, I get the following message, which appears to come from wicd-tray:

Could not connect to wicd's D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages.

After a few seconds I get another message:

The wicd daemon has shut down. The UI will not function properly until it is restarted.

This is the same series of messages I get when I remove wicd entirely from DAEMONS, which makes me think that the daemon just isn't getting started properly. However I don't see any messages when I run 'rc.d start wicd' and the /var/log/wicd directory is empty, so I don't know what's happening. /var/log/daemon.log is also clean.

I'm pretty sure the problem is with wicd and not my wireless driver or something. Running the following manually works just fine to set up my wireless connection:

# ip link set wlan0 up
# iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid>
# iwconfig wlan0 key <wep key>
# iwconfig wlan0 channel auto
# dhcpcd wlan0

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,611

Re: Wicd fails to start

How do you start xfce4?

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Clueless

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Registered: 2011-08-17

Posts: 16

Re: Wicd fails to start

I've tried three methods now: startxfce4 from a console, from a window manager started in /etc/inittab, and from a window manager started with systemd. Nothing works.

I have narrowed down the problem a bit: When I have a totally clean installation of wicd, it starts up properly and runs for a short while. Then it abruptly terminates, leaving behind a pidfile at /var/run/wicd/wicd.pid. Subsequent starts completely fail, because it thinks the daemon is already running.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,611

Re: Wicd fails to start

Okay, I was starting to chase the wrong problem.  Anything interesting in /var/log/wicd/wicd.log  ??

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