Possible WICD bug?

[orgcandman]

I'm using BT4R1 (haven't done a complete upgrade, yet). Seems like if I use wicd to connect to my WPA network, the connection randomly resets. I've looked through google and the logs, but haven't found a smoking gun yet for the cause. Switching to use wpa_supplicant and dhclient manually clears up the issue (but I figured I'd let you know). I'll upgrade to BT4R2 this weekend and see if that fixes the issue as well.

Regardless, this only started happening recently. I do an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade daily (but not a dist-upgrade, to keep myself on BT4R1). Perhaps I'm doing something wrong with this action?

[Scamentology]

How far from the AP are you? try manually connecting to see if the problem still exists.
I thought wicd had a bug too until I tried this.

I'm using BT4R1 (haven't done a complete upgrade, yet). Seems like if I use wicd to connect to my WPA network, the connection randomly resets. I've looked through google and the logs, but haven't found a smoking gun yet for the cause. Switching to use wpa_supplicant and dhclient manually clears up the issue (but I figured I'd let you know). I'll upgrade to BT4R2 this weekend and see if that fixes the issue as well.

Regardless, this only started happening recently. I do an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade daily (but not a dist-upgrade, to keep myself on BT4R1). Perhaps I'm doing something wrong with this action?

[orgcandman]

How far from the AP are you?

In the same room - no obstructions.

try manually connecting to see if the problem still exists.
I thought wicd had a bug too until I tried this.

As I posted - when I manually wrote out a wpa_supplicant config file, and used dhclient, the issue went away - which is why I suspect a WICD bug.

[Scamentology]

Ahhh.. I suppose I should read before I comment huh?

WICD hasn't been developed for some time. I went on their site a month ago and the last post in the forum was asking where everyone was.

I wrote my own network script to overcome the multiple issues I was having with it. Maybe its time for another network connection utility.

In the same room - no obstructions.


As I posted - when I manually wrote out a wpa_supplicant config file, and used dhclient, the issue went away - which is why I suspect a WICD bug.

[Godfrey]

It's not a good idea to use wicd...
It will be better to use the console...