Re: wicd fails to detect wifi networks
Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Dear all
> More wicd blues. Some time ago I reported that wicd was failing to
> start the GUI [1]. After getting more and more dishearten with
> NetworkManager, I gave wicd another try. This time the wicd GUI starts
> all right, but it identifies a wired connection to which it tries to
> connect (even though no wire is plugged to the laptop). Most
> annoyingly, it does not find any wireless networks (as if the wifi
> radio was killed, although it is well up). All this is on Debian
> testing with wicd and dependencies up-to-date.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix the issue? Thank you
> Liviu
>
> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg555595.html
Double check that you have identified what your wireless interface is in
wicd's Preferences. By default I believe it is left blank. Also in
there, you may have "always show wired interface" selected.
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