wicd - stuck "Obtaining IP Address..." - my fix

[ppietro]

Hiya!

Say - sun - do you have the original version of the 1.5.3 patch you uploaded? We've got some users having wicd issues, and I'd love to have them try that original version to rule out a few things.

If you could attach it with a slightly different name as a follow-up post in this thread, that would be great.

Cheers,
Paul

[sun]

Here is the OLD patch, for those wanting to try it. The code that was changed in the original patch has not really been touched in the updated patch. Rather I modified other areas to allow for the correct parsing and return of the output of iwlist and iwconfig. I also added comments for those paranoid individuals, like myself, looking to see what I did.

For YDL6.1 users, if the new v1.5.3 patch doesn't work I doubt the original patch would work as well, but you're welcome to try. Anyone running Fedora 10 will NOT have any luck with the old patch, as wicd will connect but drop the connection 12-14 seconds after getting an IP address.

wicd v1.5.3 (original patch)

wnettools_oldpatch.py.tar.gz

wnettools.py v1.5.3 - extract and place in /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wicd/

(9.47 KiB) Downloaded 1063 times

-sun

[ppietro]

Thanks Sun - I appreciate it.

Cheers,
Paul

[confused_ydl]

I've done it all. I just can't get it to work. I try all of your steps and have tried all of your patches and every time i reboot, i get an error, but its not the one your fix is for, because when i try the fix, (changing 'FALSE' to '0')it is already 0. grr. *pulls 8 feet of hair out* plz help me.

[confused_ydl]

Hiya!

Say - sun - do you have the original version of the 1.5.3 patch you uploaded? We've got some users having wicd issues, and I'd love to have them try that original version to rule out a few things.

If you could attach it with a slightly different name as a follow-up post in this thread, that would be great.

Cheers,
Paul

tried that one 2. can't get anything to work. reinstalled to start from scratch. someone plz help soon

[ppietro]

I've done it all. I just can't get it to work. I try all of your steps and have tried all of your patches and every time i reboot, i get an error, but its not the one your fix is for, because when i try the fix, (changing 'FALSE' to '0')it is already 0. grr. *pulls 8 feet of hair out* plz help me.

What is the error you're getting? We may not have seen it before.

Cheers,
Paul

[confused_ydl]

I've done it all. I just can't get it to work. I try all of your steps and have tried all of your patches and every time i reboot, i get an error, but its not the one your fix is for, because when i try the fix, (changing 'FALSE' to '0')it is already 0. grr. *pulls 8 feet of hair out* plz help me.

What is the error you're getting? We may not have seen it before.

Cheers,
Paul

Paul. I'm in the middle of reinstalling YDL6.1. i can't get the exact error message but from memory it said "WICD EXECUTION ERROR" at the top and said something about not being able to start since there was no specific WICD boot file or something of the sort. What i've done so far in the reinstallation is checked the box for wlan0 and chcked the following boxes as well: OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, WEB SERVER. it's checking the dependencies now. in my past installations i have tried using the 1.5.3 version on the first page of this thread. i also tried 1.5.9 just hoping. i know my version is 1.5.3 because before it gets corrupted i check to make sure. what am i doing wrong?

[Scheff]

please help i just put 6.1 on my ps3 and could not "obtain my ip address"

so i found this link

...downloaded your 1.5.3 patch

logged in as root

extracted the contents and replaces

rebooted and then.........Wcid network manager stopped working???

"the name org.wcid.dameaon was not provided"

any suggestions

please help

noob

[ppietro]

please help i just put 6.1 on my ps3 and could not "obtain my ip address"

so i found this link

...downloaded your 1.5.3 patch

logged in as root

extracted the contents and replaces

rebooted and then.........Wcid network manager stopped working???

"the name org.wcid.dameaon was not provided"

any suggestions

please help

noob

It's my current thinking that the new patch has issues with 1.5.3. Try the older patch:
download/file.php?id=73

This is working on my stock YDL 6.1 system. (I'm using it now.)

Cheers,
Paul

[Scheff]

Thanks for the quick response

I tryed looging into root again and copied over with the "old Patch"

I recived the same error, am i going to have to reinstall then try the old patch?

I forgot to back up my original config

Thanks again

[sun]

MY BAD!!!!!

When creating the tarball I grabbed the wrong file for the 1.5.3 patch. I have uploaded the correct version. For anyone who has downloaded the updated 1.5.3 patch prior to this post, just sweep it into your recycle bins and download it again.

-sun

[Scheff]

Can I just replace the file in...... /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wicd/

will that fix the error or do i need to reinstall YDL?

and Sun please show me the link/location for the correct 1.5.3 for 6.1

Thanks Guys




60gb PS3
WPA2 Security

[ppietro]

Can I just replace the file in...... /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wicd/

will that fix the error or do i need to reinstall YDL?

and Sun please show me the link/location for the correct 1.5.3 for 6.1

Thanks Guys

Yes - you can just replace the file. That should fix the error.

If you go back up to my previous post, you can find a link to the old patch. Also - sun is working on a fix in newer patch. Check the top of this thread for details on that one.

Also - you don't have to re-install YDL. However - if you copy over the file, that isn't quite enough.

You need to either manually restart the wicd service - or just reboot.

To manually start the service - become root user from a terminal window and type the following:

su -
service wicd start

Cheers,
Paul

[ppietro]

Paul. I'm in the middle of reinstalling YDL6.1. i can't get the exact error message but from memory it said "WICD EXECUTION ERROR" at the top and said something about not being able to start since there was no specific WICD boot file or something of the sort. What i've done so far in the reinstallation is checked the box for wlan0 and chcked the following boxes as well: OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, WEB SERVER. it's checking the dependencies now. in my past installations i have tried using the 1.5.3 version on the first page of this thread. i also tried 1.5.9 just hoping. i know my version is 1.5.3 because before it gets corrupted i check to make sure. what am i doing wrong?

There was an issue with the 1.5.3 patch. It prevented the wicd service from starting, and that led to the errors you were seeing. That should be fixed with the 1.5.3 patch in the very first post of this thread, which I'll verify. However - if you want to wait for me to test it, you can use this one in the interim:
download/file.php?id=73

Cheers,
Paul

[Scheff]

Ill give download/file.php?id=73 a try.

Please keep us informed on the testing for the new 1.5.3


Also, What are you guys working on as far as Linux/PS3 is concerned?

(im sure u you guys are beyond the wireless internet stage)

Emulators,sixaxis, web servers?

Thanks