wicd asks for password for "network cards" and then closes!

Because I can't connect to Internet without help!

Thank you,
brian

I had a similar problem, might be related.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/493011

Can you post the content of /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf file here? (you may want to redact any private network info).

Hi mycae,
please bear with me, I'm quite new at all this..!

What command do I have to put to get the content?

Brian

no command is neccesary, you can just navigate in your file manager to /etc/wicd/, then double click the wired-settings.conf file

alternatively if you prefer the command line you could use this

cat /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf

says, "permission denied."

last used= False

afterscript= none
broadcast= none
dns3= none
postdisconnectscript = none
search domain= none
dns domain= none
lastused = true
use static dns = false
default = 0
netmask= none
gateway= none
dns3 = none
beforescript= none
predisconnectscript = none
ip = none
dnsl= none
use global dns= false

[]

I've read here that eliminating the set of brackets at the end works, but may not be permanent?

oops! second dns is 2, not 3..

how do I remove the brackets?

If you run gedit in admin mode, then you will be allowed to edit the file. Press Alt+F2 to bring up the run command dialog, then type

gksudo gedit /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf

However, to make it permanent, you need to follow the instructions at that bug report to edit your initialisation file. Specifically you need to add the following line:

sed -i 's/^\[\]$//' /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf

This needs to happen immediately after these lines:
do_start()
{

so this then becomes:
do_start()
{
sed -i 's/^\[\]$//' /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf

To edit the file:

gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/wicd

perform the edit, then save.

This will then be permanent, (at least when you restart wicd (you can reboot, its easiet, or you can issue the command "sudo /etc/init.d/wicd restart" from a terminal) until the next wicd update.

Also, if you can tell what wicd version you are using, that would be great to know. You can either look in synaptic (the package manager from the GUI), or open a terminal and run

sudo aptitude show wicd

I used the sed -i 's/^\[\]$//' /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf command but I didn't put the do_start()
{ first.

Does that mean at reboot I will have the same problem again?

The distro is 1.6.1-3ubuntu1

Well, I think I just answered my own question!! I rebooted and it was already automatically connected to wireless without me doing anything!

Let's hope this is "permanent!"

Maybe we're finished here then?

Thanks a million for your help! Hopefully someday I'll be able to help others, too!
Sincerely,
Brian

This bug is supposedly fixed in wicd 1.7.

Note that xubuntu 9.10 is almost out of date (april). You will need to upgrade or reinstall if you wish to continue recieving system updates, or to be able to use the repositories.

Yes, I'm aware that 9.10 has been surpassed. I upgraded once and had a problem so I went back to 9.10. But I'll re-try in the coming weeks.
Thanks again!
Brian