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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY wicd-download-http "http://launchpad.net/wicd/&wicd-major-version;/&wicd-version;/+download/wicd-&wicd-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wicd-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wicd-md5sum "162ca2e6f4ab903bb7ab2bc0adb7d1aa">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wicd-size "532 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wicd-buildsize "4.1 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wicd-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="wicd" xreflabel="Wicd-&wicd-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="wicd.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Wicd-&wicd-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="wicd">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-wicd">wicd</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Wicd</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para><application>Wicd</application> is a network manager written in
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| 33 | Python. It simplifies network setup by automatically detecting and
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| 34 | connecting to wireless and wired networks. Wicd includes support for WPA
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| 35 | authentication and DHCP configuration. It provides Curses- and GTK-based
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| 36 | graphical frontends for user-friendly control. An excellent KDE-based
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| 37 | frontend is also available <ulink
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| 38 | url="http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/wicd-kde">here</ulink>.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs77_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <note>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Make sure that you disable the <command>systemd-networkd</command> service
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| 46 | or configure it not to manage the interfaces you want to manage with
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| 47 | <application>Wicd</application>.
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </note>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 52 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wicd-download-http;"/></para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wicd-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &wicd-md5sum;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>Download size: &wicd-size;</para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &wicd-buildsize;</para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>Estimated build time: &wicd-time;</para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wicd Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <note><para>Wicd uses <command>ifconfig</command> to activate network
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| 76 | connections. <command>ifconfig</command> is provided by both the Inetutils
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| 77 | and Net-tools packages. The Inetutils package is part of LFS, but the
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| 78 | <command>ifconfig</command> command is not installed by the LFS instructions.
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| 79 | If you choose to install the Inetutils version of <option>ifconfig</option>,
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| 80 | you need to reinstall the package and configure it without the
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| 81 | <option>--disable-ifconfig</option> switch.
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| 82 | </para></note>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para role="required">
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| 86 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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| 87 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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| 89 | <xref linkend="net-tools"/> (Wicd needs <command>ifconfig</command> and
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| 90 | <command>mii-tool</command> from this package)
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="recommended">
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| 95 | <xref linkend="pygtk"/> (for the GTK frontend),
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| 96 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (for WPA support), and
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| 97 | <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or <xref linkend="dhcp"/> (for DHCP support)
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 101 | <para role="optional">
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| 102 | <xref linkend="pm-utils"/> (for suspend/resume integration),
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| 103 | <ulink url="http://excess.org/urwid/">Urwid</ulink> (for the Curses-based frontend), and
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| 104 | <ulink url="http://babel.edgewall.org/">Babel</ulink> (for internationalization)
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 108 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wicd"/></para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | </sect2>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 113 | <title>Installation of Wicd</title>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <para>Install <application>Wicd</application> by running the following
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| 116 | commands:</para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen><userinput>sed -e "/detection failed/ a\ self.init=\'init\/default\/wicd\'" \
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| 119 | -i setup.py &&
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| 120 | rm po/*.po &&
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| 121 | python setup.py configure --no-install-kde \
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| 122 | --no-install-acpi \
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| 123 | --no-install-pmutils \
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| 124 | --no-install-init \
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| 125 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/wicd-&wicd-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, install the package:</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen role="root"><userinput>LANG=C python setup.py install</userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | </sect2>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 136 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para><command>sed -e ... -i setup.py</command>: This <command>sed</command>
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| 139 | prevents <command>setup.py</command> from failing when used on a LFS system.
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para><command>rm po/*.po</command>: This command removes the international
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| 143 | messages associated with this package. The command is required unless
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| 144 | Babel is installed. If it is installed, po/ast.po still needs to be removed
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| 145 | in order for the build to complete.</para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <para><option>--no-install-kde</option>: Prevent installation of an
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| 148 | autostart desktop file for KDE. If you use KDE, you should instead install the
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| 149 | <ulink url="http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/wicd-kde">Wicd KDE Client</ulink>.
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| 150 | </para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para><option>--no-install-acpi</option>: Prevent installation of
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| 153 | <command>suspend</command> and <command>resume</command> scripts for acpid.
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| 154 | Omit this option if you use acpid.</para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <para><option>--no-install-pmutils</option>: Prevent installation of hooks for
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| 157 | pm-utils. Omit this option if you use pm-utils.</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para><option>--no-install-init</option>: Prevent installation of any init scripts,
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| 160 | as a bootscript is installed later in the instructions.</para>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <para><option>--wicdgroup=<replaceable><group></replaceable></option>:
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| 163 | The group that will have permission to use the Wicd client (default is the
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| 164 | <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem> group).</para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <para><envar>LANG=C</envar>: This environment variable is needed to allow
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| 167 | the installation to complete.</para>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | </sect2>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 172 | <title>Configuring Wicd</title>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <sect3 id="wicd-config">
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| 175 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <para><filename>/etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf</filename>,
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| 178 | <filename>/etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf</filename> and
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| 179 | <filename>/etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf</filename></para>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | </sect3>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect3 id="wicd-init">
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| 184 | <title>Systemd Units</title>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | To start the <command>wicd</command> daemon at boot, enable
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| 188 | the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
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| 189 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-init">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="f-wicd">wicd</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <screen role="root"><userinput>systemctl enable wicd</userinput></screen>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <para>No manual configuration of Wicd is needed if you use the graphical
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| 199 | frontends. If you are only going to use Wicd from command-line, you can configure
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| 200 | it using the configuration files in <filename>/etc/wicd</filename>. For a list of
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| 201 | available options, look at the man-pages for: wicd-manager-settings.conf,
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| 202 | wicd-wired-settings.conf and wicd-wireless-settings.conf.</para>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <para>Be sure to add all users who are to have rights to open and close network
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| 205 | connections with Wicd to the <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>
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| 206 | group (or the group specified with the <option>--wicdgroup</option> configuration
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| 207 | option).</para>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | </sect3>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | </sect2>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 214 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <segmentedlist>
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| 217 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 218 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 219 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <seglistitem>
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| 222 | <seg>wicd, wicd-cli, wicd-client, wicd-curses, and wicd-gtk</seg>
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| 223 | <seg>none</seg>
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| 224 | <seg>/etc/wicd, /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/wicd,
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| 225 | /usr/share/doc/wicd-&wicd-version;, /usr/share/pixmaps/wicd,
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| 226 | /usr/share/wicd, /var/lib/wicd, /var/log/wicd, and /var/run/wicd</seg>
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| 227 | </seglistitem>
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| 228 | </segmentedlist>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <variablelist>
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| 231 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 232 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 233 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <varlistentry id="wicdd">
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| 236 | <term><command>wicd</command></term>
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| 237 | <listitem>
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| 238 | <para>is the wicd daemon.</para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicdd">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-wicdd">wicd</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <varlistentry id="wicd-cli">
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| 246 | <term><command>wicd-cli</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>is a command line interface for configuring the wicd daemon.</para>
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| 249 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-cli">
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| 250 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-cli">wicd-cli</primary>
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| 251 | </indexterm>
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| 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 | </varlistentry>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <varlistentry id="wicd-client">
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| 256 | <term><command>wicd-client</command></term>
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| 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>is the wicd client. This script attempts to automatically choose
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| 259 | the relevant configuration interface.</para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-client">
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| 261 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-client">wicd-client</primary>
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| 262 | </indexterm>
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| 263 | </listitem>
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| 264 | </varlistentry>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <varlistentry id="wicd-curses">
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| 267 | <term><command>wicd-curses</command></term>
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>is a curses interface for configuring the wicd daemon.</para>
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| 270 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-curses">
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| 271 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-curses">wicd-curses</primary>
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| 272 | </indexterm>
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| 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 | </varlistentry>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <varlistentry id="wicd-gtk">
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| 277 | <term><command>wicd-gtk</command></term>
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| 278 | <listitem>
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| 279 | <para>is a GTK interface for configuring the wicd daemon</para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-gtk">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-gtk">wicd-gtk</primary>
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| 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | </variablelist>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | </sect2>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | </sect1>
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