WicdWICD Icon * IceWM

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-12 23:53

OK my antiX freinds and gurus, how to I get the Icon for WICD to show up on the bar next to the sound. It was originally there when I started but has since disappeared.

I love my gadgets.. __{{emoticon}}__

afab4 · posted: 2012-01-13 02:02

Go to your icewm or fluxbox startup file and uncomment the line for wicd-client.
Should be:

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sleep 2 && wicd-client &

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-13 02:44

afab4 wrote:Go to your icewm or fluxbox startup file and uncomment the line for wicd-client.
Should be:
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sleep 2 && wicd-client &

__{{emoticon}}__ damn... I knew someone would know... Thank you

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-13 12:23

Well that only shows the icon while WICD is up and conncting, you close the WICD screen and the icon disappears. Any other idead?

afab4 · posted: 2012-01-13 16:08

You might also try uncommenting the other two lines in your startup file. If that doesn't do the trick then I am stumped.

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killall icewmtray
icewmtray &
sleep 2 && wicd-client &

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-13 16:09

ok.. give it a try.. thanks

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-13 17:46

Nope same result.. shows up while connecting, but disappears after is closes. Oh well........... At leat I got IceWeasel to replace IceApe on the buttons.. __{{emoticon}}__

male · posted: 2012-01-13 18:40

Hi, __{{emoticon}}__

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3432

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-13 20:00

Well, it will work that way at least. Thanks
and Howdy from Texas, also ya'll.

afab4 · posted: 2012-01-14 02:25

I installed WICD on my thumb drive just to see what was going on. Normally I use ceni.
I had no problem settiing up WICD using the antiX control panel.
I did have to uncomment the wicd-client entry in my startup file.
I have no problem with the icon showing in the tray next to the volume icon. WICD connects to my wireless automatically and survives reboots with no problem.
I am using the iceWM window manager.
Here is my startup file.

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!/bin/bash

## Auto update menu
#python ~/.icewm/icemenuyap2.py > ~/.icewm/application ##This is old menu##

auto-icewm-menu.sh &

#killall icewmtray
#icewmtray &
sleep 2 && wicd-client &

#Use feh to set wallpaper
eval `cat ~/.fehbgice` &

conky &
#Use smbnetfs to mount netrwork shares
smbnetfs Network &
## Set desktop icons
#pcmanfm --desktop &
#rox --pinboard=antiX-ice #rox --pinboard=antiX-ice #rox --pinboard=antiX-ice rox --pinboard=antiX-ice &

# set live keyboard
#setxkbmap

########## PLAY STARTUP SOUND #########
play /home/jim/Music/suspicion.ogg > /dev/null 2>&1 &

# Auto-mount usb devices in rox /media. Do not use with /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usbstorage.rules
# Do not use if you use Thunar or pcmanfm file managers.
#sleep 5 && devmon --exec-on-drive"rox /media" &

## Set wallpaper via nitrogen
#rm $HOME/.config/nitrogen/bg-saved.cfg
#ln -s $HOME/.config/nitrogen/bg-saved-icewm.cfg $HOME/.config/nitrogen/bg-saved.cfg 
#nitrogen --restore &

sleep 5 && volumeicon &
#sleep 5 && parcellite &
#sleep 5 && osmo &

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-16 20:56

Well that worked for a reboot and now its gone. Is there another net monitor that willl work with wicd? or ceni?

anticapitalista · posted: 2012-01-16 21:34

When you installed, the installer gives the option to enable/disable wicd. Did you disable it by any chance?

In antiX-control centre -> System -> Choose Start Up Services is wicd enabled? Lots of x

TLeeNorris · posted: 2012-01-17 00:41

WICD works just fine, but its just I want the icon to stay up.. After it connects and I close WICD, the icon on the task bar also disappers.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2012-01-17 01:05

odd thought...this almost sounds like you are starting wicd from a different user account. or editing the startup file for an account other than the one you log in with. otherwise make sure the '&" sign at the end of the wicd-client line is there.

wicd-client &

the '&" keeps the client running. the client is what keeps the icon shown on the tray.

if those things aren't the issue, I'm stumped.

rokytnji · posted: 2012-01-18 08:08

Never had this problem on my AntiX 8.5 eeepc 701SD install till I did a massive

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

today/middle of the night __{{emoticon}}__

Now it acts like my AntiX 11 installs. I even edited ./icewm/startup to say

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sleep 2 && wicd-client && wicd-gtk &

No improvement losing wicd in tray though when closing wicd.

Because I can bring back the tray icon in terminal with

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wicd-gtk &

But loose the icon when I close the terminal. So. Back to moving it to
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3432%22Desktop%204%22"
linktext was:"Desktop 4""
====================================
till I figure out how my upgrade broke this I guess. I think the wicd maintainers misconfigured wicd somehow maybe for icewm or AntiX or I don't know what. Because it was OK on my 8.5 install till I did the upgrade. Same symptoms losing wicd icon in tray in fluxbox toolbar also unless you move wicd over to desktop 4 and do your thing on the other 3 desktops.

Broke sudoers file also even though I replied no to using the maintainers version. So shutdown and reboot buttons and

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sudo shutdown
sudo halt

from terminal would not work either. Sorted that out though with
post21732.html?hilit=/etc/sudoers#p21732

So I'm as stumped as you dolphin_oracle __{{emoticon}}__