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Topic: WICD Help [solved]

This has nothing to do with #! but I am building a minimal ubuntu 9.10 up to a #! wannabe, how do I install WICD?

Do I just run sudo apt-get install wicd

and that be it, or do I have to add something to autostart.sh?

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

Okay I installed it, but when I restarted the system their was no tray icon, how can I get a tray icon?

I am using bmpanel2

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

In CrunchBang, it was launched from one of the X configuration files and didn't need to be added to autostart.sh.  If it isn't coming up in Karmic, you might have to add it to this file (assuming you're using Openbox).

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

pvsage wrote:

In CrunchBang, it was launched from one of the X configuration files and didn't need to be added to autostart.sh.  If it isn't coming up in Karmic, you might have to add it to this file (assuming you're using Openbox).

I am using Openbox, and it is Karmic.

I added it to the autostart.sh as wicd & but that didn't work either.

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

I don't have WICD installed, so I don't have the man page on my system.  But I googled it for you:
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php

Short version:  You need to put `wicd-client &` in your autostart.sh.

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

The command is wicd-client & for the tray instance of WICD.

Last edited by GrumpyOldTree (2010-03-12 05:03:41)

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

Try launching wicd-client to get the tray icon.

edit: got beat to the answer.

Last edited by anonymous (2010-03-12 03:58:25)

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

Yep thanks everyone that worked like a charm.

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Re: WICD Help [solved]

anonymous wrote:

edit: got beat to the answer.

Twice. tongue  I guess I was just a little faster on the google.  (Women are always accusing me of that...)

Glad you got it working patrickstein.  Don't forget to edit the subject line in your first post.

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