Wicd asking for a password on computer start-up.

Apologies, forgot to add: Ubuntu 9.10.
Plus tried re-installing Wicd a couple of times without success.

Please read at the end of https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/250197

Hth

Hi Marco,

Thanks for the response.

I have already checked that thread. If your referring to the square bracket theory in /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf , this isn't the case with my installation (there are no redundant brackets).

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Ubuntu/2009-11/msg00318.html

Seem this user solve installing network-manager then reinstall wicd (two-reboot required).

Hth

Hi Marco,

I'd seen this one too as a repost somewhere, but I didn't try it.

I'm a little nervous of this route purely because it leaves me open to the possibility loosing all internet connection, hence other possible solutions/query avenues if I run into problems. I must also admit, I'm not very well practiced on the apt-get or in general on terminal commands. Do you think using synaptic to load/re-load the packages would be okay?

What I don't understand, is this is not an error message, its a 'by design' password entry box, complete with the keys symbol. This leads me (in my simplistic way!) to think that there is a known option/software switch to control this password requirement. Does that make sense/seem logical?

I'm open to trying network-manager and then reverting back to wicd, any tips on how I can add any safety net (not loose network connections) to the procedure?

Thanks.

is it a default keyring password pop-up? if so: rm ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring

Hi Marco,

I didn't realise you had the same problem.

I hate to keep saying it, but I'd seen (and tried) this one before as well. However, from memory, there looked to be a little more to your command line, perhaps even the dot I'd missed previously, so I tried it again and... it worked! :)

Many thanks for tracking that down. Not important, but did you discover what caused your problem or how the fix works?

Hi too leoquant,

Yes, it is a default 'style' pop-up, with keyring logo, but it isn't a 'login' password as such, it is a request for a password to start the network via Wicd. I don't know if your fix would have worked, I noticed Marco's reply first which seems to have cured the problem.

Thanks again guy's and best seasons wishes.

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.

The solution i sent you is a solution that i have seen here https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/250197 but was not working for me, so i have done some little changes to force the start of wicd very early at system startup and now seems to works not only for me.

Best regards

Woot! This fix worked for me! Thank you :D

Hi,
I run Ubuntu 9.10 on my PC; Wicd asks my root password on GNOME start-up only if I set concurrency startpar-style in /etc/init.d/rc. I solved this problem by adding:

exec wicd

in a new line of /etc/init/networking.conf.
Moreover if I reset CONCURRENCY=NONE wicd doesn't ask my root password if I delete "exec wicd" in networking.conf.
Hope this can be help you.
Best regards.

Sorry...Wicd is installed on my PC at version 1.6.2.2.

hi zydeckt,

i found your post a little confusing, but also very helpful. in my /etc/init.d/rc file the concurrecy was already set at 'none' ,but by typing the ' exec wicd' in the /etc/init/networking.conf file my... 'Wicd needs to access your computer's network cards' problem seems to have disappeared.

thanks
-dave

I hate to say, but the
sudo update-rc.d -f wicd remove; sudo update-rc.d wicd start 06 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6 .
method, and the "install network-manager and reinstall wicd" method don't work for me unfortunately.

Okay I take back my words. My Wicd daemon didn't start after reinstalling and wicd-client asked me for sudo password, because I didn't delete the redundant brackets in the /etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf again. So I remembered that and modified the file, rebooted and now Wicd gets back to normal starting, without asking me sudo password. (Using Kubuntu, I have to set my network manager to Wicd in System Settings too).

Now I have to face another problem that Wicd does not connect to WPA properly...

Thanks Marco. I encountered this problem on 10.04 after I installed Network Manager to test the OpenVPN GUI, and then later uninstalled NM and re-installed Wicd. It was very frustrating, but your solution fixed it perfectly.

iirc when i first installed lucid/lubuntu/wicd not long ago it was not available via ubuntu repos, i installed via ppa. now lubuntu is available via ubuntu repos, and *requires* network-manager. adding wicd does not remove nm. i remove nm manually. then if i add ubuntu-desktop or edubuntu-desktop-kde nm is again required (and i remove it again). my problem now is that wicd starts seemingly too early and fails, syslog says "dhclient: Bind socket to interface: No such device", leaving me to start wicd manually, which does work. if i launch a desktop or wicd-curses first, wicd won't be running yet, and the client will require a password to launch it.