Wicd

External resources

	Homepage

	Wikipedia

Wicd (Wireless interface connection daemon) is a network management software for managing Wifi and Ethernet network connections.

Installation

Install net-misc/wicd:

Clients flags → Information about USE flags

USE flag	Default	Recommended	Description
gtk	Yes		Installs a gtk UI. This is enabled by default because it is intended behavior. Requires dev-python/pygtk
ncurses	Yes		Installs a ncurses UI

Misc flags → Information about USE flags

USE flag	Default	Recommended	Description
X	Yes		Adds support for X11
libnotify	Yes		Enable desktop notification support
nls	Yes		Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
pm-utils	Yes		Installs the pm-utils hooks for suspend/resume and requires sys-power/pm-utils
ambiance	No		Install icons from Ubuntu's ambiance theme
ioctl	No	No	Installs additional python libraries to use as a backend. This will improve speed but is experimental.
mac4lin	No		Change default icons to mac4lin icon set

root # emerge --ask wicd

Related software

• kde-misc/wicd-client-kde - KDE client

Configuration

After installing add wicd to the default runlevel:

root # rc-update add wicd default

Be sure to remove any references to net.eth*. For net.eth0:

root # rc-update del net.eth0

Add the initscripts which were removed to the /etc/rc.conf file, on the RC_PLUG_SERVICES line, by prepending exclamation points to them. For net.eth0:

File/etc/rc.conf

rc_hotplug="!net.eth0"

Troubleshooting

Wicd service/client does not start with "Could not connect to wicd's D-Bus interface" on Xfce

After upgrading wicd, using Xfce and ConsoleKit, you may see this error persist even after restarting the dbus service. Try clearing your Xfce session by unchecking "Save session for future logins" and re-login. There may be a simpler workaround than this.