topic title: WICD - last apt-get upgrade
Posts: 35
dcbevins
Joined: 08 Aug 2009
#1
After the last apt-get update, wicd has a problem.

adduser: The user `demo' does not exist.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I down loaded a later version, and tried it:

dpkg -i wicd_1.6.2.2-1_all.deb

Preparing to replace wicd 1.6.2.2-1 (using wicd_1.6.2.2-1_all.deb) ...
* Stopping Network connection manager wicd [ ok ]
Unpacking replacement wicd ...
Setting up wicd (1.6.2.2-1) ...
adduser: The user `demo' does not exist.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
wicd


Currently, wicd shows this:

wicd --version

wicd 1.6.2.2 (bzr-r463)
wireless (and wired) connection daemon.


I am afraid to reboot now as I might lose wicd and my network. It can probably be started manually, but you never know. Anyone seen this and have an Idea how to appease apt-get so it doesn't hiccup?

This is a hard drive install not a CD:

uname -a
Linux winky 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 23 22:33:36 EDT 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

apt-get -f install didn't change anything either.
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#2
Completely remove/purge wicd and then reinstall it. I had the same issue recently. Don't forget to set wicd to use dhclient once you reinstall.
Posts: 1,081
OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#3
I think I got similar errors. After rebooting everything was fine.

john
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#4
I also got wicd error after updating/upgrade today. The wicd deamon shut down also. I restarted deamon with

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# wicd &
and it restarted deamon and reconnected wireless. I came straight here and posted. Going to reboot now and see whats up.

Edit: No problems rebooting. wicd started up and connected right up automatically.
Posts: 35
dcbevins
Joined: 08 Aug 2009
#5
This problem recently came back to me on one machine with antix 8.2

This time i created a new users called demo and it seemed to appease apt-get
Posts: 1,228
secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#6
Purging it and then re-installing or editing the proper wicd-daemon config file (which I don't know the exact one since I don't have wicd) to remove the reference to the demo user should work too.