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doscervezas

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Registered: 2010-11-02

Posts: 6

WICD client does not start

After updating a whole bunch of packages yesterday, the WICD client does not start anymore. When I run it, I get the following error:

[arvind@kitten ~]$ wicd-client
Has notifications support True
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Connected.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1033, in <module>
    main(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1005, in main
    tray_icon = TrayIcon(animate, displaytray=display_app)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 139, in __init__
    self.icon_info = self.TrayConnectionInfo(self, self.tr, animate)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 198, in __init__
    self.update_tray_icon()
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 349, in update_tray_icon
    self.set_wireless_state(info)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 289, in set_wireless_state
    'network-wireless')
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 233, in _show_notification
    self._last_bubble.show()
glib.GError: Unable to connect to server

WICD itself does work, and I can still connect to networks using the curses interface, but I'd like to have my old gtk interface back.

I just reran pacman and all my packages are up to date. I use Xfce. Does anyone have an idea of what can be wrong?

doscervezas

Member

Registered: 2010-11-02

Posts: 6

Re: WICD client does not start

Hmm, after some searching it seems that the problem is in the displaying of notifications .. if I run "wicd-client -n", which doesn't show notifications, the client starts fine. I turned of notifications in the settings, and then it also starts fine without the "-n" switch. If I turn on notifications again, it crashes.

It seems there is a problem with xfce's notification-daemon. If anyone has more info, please let me know; otherwise I'll turn off notifications for now and wait the new Xfce.

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,680

Re: WICD client does not start

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/21752

R00KIE

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From: Between a computer and a chair

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 4,734

Re: WICD client does not start

I have added libnotify to pacman's IgnorePkg line and I keep using the old version. I can't remember for sure but I think notification-daemon will not show xfce's notifications.

Like you say, not using notifications with wicd works just fine and nothing else seems broken here.

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skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,680

Re: WICD client does not start

notification-daemon works just fine for xfce notifications here - even if they are a little fuglier

Last edited by skunktrader (2010-12-26 15:50:41)