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Questions that relate to the open source software utility to manage both wireless and wired networks for Linux. Wicd is an acronym for Wireless Interface Connection Daemon.

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Wired/Wirless network periodicly disconnects on Ubuntu 20.04, using wicd, and Network-Manager is disabled

Here is what I have tried so far: first I stopped and disabled Network-Manager so it won't run again after reboot. I installed WICD, and the problem was partially solved, no more unstable connection ... 20.04 network-manager wicd

notify_my_threads

asked Dec 24, 2021 at 4:54 1 vote 0 answers 47 views

Can't connect to localhost after switching to WICD

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and, due to my Wifi often cutting out, I decided to disabled network manager and install WICD instead (using this tutorial). It works great, and my Wifi doesn't cut out anymore. ... 20.04 network-manager interface wicd

Jack

asked Mar 30, 2021 at 15:42 1 vote 1 answer 1k views

Unable to install WICD network manager

I was having issues like both Wifi and Ehthernet connection is getting disconnected suddenly. So, I searched about the problem in google and found this post about fixing the issues i'm having I tried ... networking apt network-manager 20.10 wicd

Mahir

asked Jan 15, 2021 at 9:58 1 vote 0 answers 258 views

wicd tray icon not visible on Ubuntu 20.04

I saw this issue reported and resolved for past versions. WICD is not built for 20.04 yet I believe. I downloaded the version 19 package and set it up for 20.04 as suggested on some thread. I can run ... networking 20.04 wicd

Jitendra

asked Jul 10, 2020 at 13:33 0 votes 0 answers 171 views

I broke my wifi interface configuration with wicd, how can I fix it?

Well, I was managing my wifi connections using wicd-gtk when I read the first option, it said something like "wired network" and a checkbox "use as default profile" and so on (not sure if its accurate,... networking network-manager wicd

Wonky

asked May 17, 2020 at 0:57 11 votes 1 answer 13k views

How to install WICD on ubuntu 20.04?

I am using ubuntu 20.04 focal 64bit. Pre installed network manager is giving me headache. It suddenly drops wifi connection. On scanning again it shows no visible network. The input command lshw -C ... networking network-manager 20.04 wicd

parv desai

asked May 16, 2020 at 6:33 1 vote 3 answers 3k views

How to properly disable systemd-resolved

On my Ubuntu Eoan laptop, I find that systemd-resolved sporadically inexplicably fails to respond to local DNS requests to 127.0.0.53 even when requests to my router's DNS server still work, so I want ... networking wireless dhcp wicd systemd-resolved

Syncopated

asked Nov 30, 2019 at 3:46 2 votes 1 answer 3k views

WiFi connection error: deauthenticating by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)

I'm encountering a connection issue to my university WiFi network that I cannot solve: when attempting to connect, I get the following message with dmesg -T : [ven. oct. 11 12:32:04 2019] wlan0: ... 18.04 wireless network-manager wicd

P.Champ

asked Oct 11, 2019 at 10:56 0 votes 1 answer 322 views

NetworkManager crashing

When did the problem start: I recently installed the package wicd, and after I did this, I started having problems with my WiFi connection. I never directly changed any configuration files or ... networking wireless network-manager systemd wicd

foo bar

asked Sep 21, 2019 at 5:58 0 votes 0 answers 278 views

Very slow page loading and delayed prompt in SSH, even though ping, download speeds are fine

Couple of facts: I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 I use Cisco AnyConnect to connect to my company VPN (though websites are slow without it) I'm always using my home 2.4 Ghz wi-fi network. Other devices which use ... networking 18.04 network-manager wicd

walnut_salami

asked Jun 19, 2019 at 7:57 1 vote 0 answers 243 views

Wifi auto disconnecting and trackpad not working

A few days ago I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop (Asus-X542UQ) as dual boot. Initially, it worked fine but a couple of days before it started behaving strangely i.e. wifi started auto ... networking wireless 18.04 touchpad wicd

Pradyumn Singh

asked Dec 21, 2018 at 17:29 2 votes 1 answer 1k views

Ubuntu 18.04.1 - System settings after removing network-manager and installing wicd

I've been having some issues with my wireless connection for some time, even in Ubuntu 16.04 A couple of weeks ago I finally switched to the new Ubuntu version and I still had the same problems, my ... wireless network-manager system-settings wicd gnome-control-center

rcrdo

asked Sep 23, 2018 at 9:35 1 vote 0 answers 458 views

wicd stuck on obtaining ip address after logging into windows first

*I know there are many topics regarding this issue, however none of the solutions I tried helped me TL;DR For some reason whenever I log into Windows 1st, I cant connect with wicd after. As the ... 16.04 windows internet wicd

Biarys

asked Jul 23, 2018 at 1:35 0 votes 1 answer 213 views

wicd use_settings_globally works but won't connect automatically

I have a use case where I'd like to be able to send a pre-configured computer to a store. The idea is that the end user shouldn't have to plug in a keyboard and mouse unless absolutely necessary. I ... networking wicd

Mike Jenkins

asked Jun 19, 2018 at 23:22 0 votes 2 answers 1k views

Why does WICD work and Network-Manager does not? And why no bluetooth?

I had a previous question that never really got solved, but to sum it up, I've been unable to get network-manager to work with my surface pro 3 running ubuntu 17.10. I've tried the usual suspects: ... wireless network-manager bluetooth wicd

alexzobi