wifi - wicd

lmart · posted: 2011-08-20 12:23

how do you get wifi working with wicd? is there a step by step manual/procedure?

Dave · posted: 2011-08-20 13:05

If you know the wireless interface skip to step 2 if not follow this:
menu --> run
type: gksu roxterm
press: ok
type: your root password
press: ok
type: ifconfig -a
press: enter / return

Now there should be an interface along the lines of wlan0, wlan1 wlan2, etc... It should not be eth* or lo, remember the interface name and continue with the following.

STEP 2
menu --> run
type: wicd-client -n
press: ok
press: preferences
Wireless interface = wlan* ( interface found in step 1 )
press: ok
press: refresh

That is it, your wireless interface should now show up in wicd.

lmart · posted: 2011-08-20 16:05

Many thanks Dave,
Will give it a run and let you know how it worked.

lmart · posted: 2011-08-20 16:31

Dave,

Thanks. It worked. After following your instructions and, setting the proper Encryption parameters, I'm in like Flynn!

I searched the forum and googled wicd manual and found nothing. Is this stuff not around or did my query need to be changed?

Thank you for the speedy reply and for the accuracy of your reply.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2011-08-20 17:13

this is a long-standing problem with wicd. the preferences field is rarely filled in by default. its one of the first things i check. i know rokytnji and I have commented about it in the forums several times. once you know what to do, its an easy setup.

lmart · posted: 2011-08-20 18:26

OK. So why not have a 'Quick Start Guide to antiX', filled with similar wisdom? It would save us newcomers a lot of frustration and, shorten the learning curve.

rokytnji · posted: 2011-08-20 19:12

OK. So why not have a 'Quick Start Guide to antiX', filled with similar wisdom?

Because we are a small group with lives to live. We try our best with limited time. We are not Ubuntu who is a corporation. Any documentation done on AntiX is done by volunteer members who try their best to give a comprehensive and as up to date documentation as possible. Gnu/Linux/Debian is ever changing on a daily
basis so it is hard to document when everything is constantly in a flux of change. Steps and details change every year and sometimes in days.

Anti makes the Distro. I try and make screenshot tutorials for new users and edit the wiki when I do this (all for free and on a volunteer basis I may add). SilverBear and OHH put lots of time and effort in documentation. Other members like Dave, Lagopus, and other members thanked by Anti on the main page contribute their time and effort in making AntiX the cool ass distro it is.

There are tons of Documentation in Aptosid and Debian wikis also that apply to AntiX also. Any member is welcome to write up a how to and submit it to the forum. I have done this and am just a Tattooed Linux using Biker. No Coder or Script Kiddie.

As my signature says,"Lead, Follow, or get the Hell out of the way"

Welcome to the help your-self Distro. I have to say though. One gets a helpful answer here quicker, better, than on Ubuntu Forums or some other Forums I know of. __{{emoticon}}__

the convert · posted: 2011-08-20 20:04

amen to that brother! __{{emoticon}}__

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-08-20 20:13

lmart - there is a FAQ that comes with antiX. Sure it probably needs a lot of improvements, but as roky says, we are just a small team working on a voluntary basis in our free time.

Feel free to comment on documentation. We will improve it, the more helpers we get, the better it will become.

See here for latest comments on FAQ.

antix-m11-faq-t3178.html

lmart · posted: 2011-08-20 22:21

All,

Looks like I inadvertently hit a nerve. My thoughts about a Quick Start Guide were minimalist and, likely well below your level of competency.

For example, last night I tried to update my hdd installed system. apt-get update did nothing, as I could determine. So, I tried apt-get upgrade. Whew ...

My next step is to learn how to remove an installed app, like all of the games save Soduku. On the heels of that, I would like to install an app, like Iron browser.

Thanks for such quick, comprehensive responses.

rokytnji · posted: 2011-08-21 04:15

inxi -F in terminal in next post will tell us what you installed (whether core,base,or full iso)

mine for example

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~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: Biker Kernel: 2.6.38-7.dmz.1-liquorix-686 i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop LXDE (Openbox 3.4.11.2) Distro: antiX-core-686-a1 20 June 2010
Machine:   System: Intel (portable) product: Montara Family of Chipsets
           Mobo: Phoenix model: RT786EX version: 41118 Bios: Phoenix version: MGM-ALL1.86C.1009.D.0604271130 date: 04/27/06
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 1595.121 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device X.Org: 1.10.3 driver: intel Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.3
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: Intel ICH Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.23
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too 
           IF: eth1 state: down speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Atheros Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath5k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac:<filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 34.1GB (27.0% used) 1: /dev/sda IC25N030ATCS04 30.0GB 
           2: USB /dev/sdb SanDisk_Cruzer 4.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 17G used: 3.8G (24%) fs: ext3 ID: swap-1 size: 0.58GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 96 Uptime: 4:58 Memory: 163.2/492.4MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23

Game un-install can be done in synaptic package manager ((if running full iso) or by using apt-get remove --purge <game name>. The --purge part removes leftover config files. I am running last years 8.5 core iso, (fully dist-upgraded), so no games on this laptop.

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