Wicd and Sabayon [Solved]

[Jack45073]

Hey guys! I'm new to Sabayon and I'm loving it more then Ubuntu but I'm having a problem with Wicd I can't obtain my IP address when it tries to connect to my wifi. Can anyone help me with my problem?

[micia]

Can you provide more informations about your connection:

Is it encrypted?
If it is encrypted, have you setup Wicd accordingly?

[Jack45073]

Yes It has a WEP key and I've added the key in but it still can't obtain the IP address.

[micia]

Did you use networkmanager before? Maybe it is still running and it is creating some problem to wicd, ensure that NetworkManager is not running, check it using rc-update (as root):

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rc-update | grep NetworkManager


if NetworkManager shows up remove it:

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rc-update del NetworkManager default


also remove any NetworkManager application such as nm-applet from startup.

If you are not running NetworkManager I think that the network settings are not properly configured or Sabayon is having some problem with your wireless card...
Could you post the output of:

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lspci


as root?

[Jack45073]

Yay It works now but how do I remove it from start up? I get this D-bus error and I have to restart Wicd. I was going to put it in autostart.sh for openbox anyways

[micia]

Can you paste here that error?

Maybe the wicd service is not started at boot, try to add it:

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rc-update add wicd default


[Jack45073]

Count not connet to wicd's D-bus Interface. Check wicd log for error messages.

The wicd deamon has shutdown. The UI will not function properly untill it is restarted.

That's the error I get when I log in with Openbox but Wicd works once I restart it.

[micia]

That is pretty strange, does the log provide some informations?
It should be located in:
/var/log/wicd/wicd.log

Maybe you will need root priviledges to read that file.
You can use your favourite text editor, for example gedit:

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su
gedit /var/log/wicd/wicd.log


[Jack45073]

No you were right I just had to add it in with rc-update I don't get the D-bus error now.

[micia]

Good!

If the problem is now solved, be sure to mark this thread as [Solved], you can find some guidelines here:
http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=17059