Wicd bug and fix.

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Problem:
Wicd 1.6.2.2 worked fine with alpha-numeric or alpha ESSID and an unsecured network. However, changing the config to an all integer ESSID, and using encryption would result in wicd client freezing, and network not be started correctly.

After going through the forums, I found several folks with the same issue here, but no solution. I found bug report

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/422675

The last post contains the fix:

edit the file /usr/lib/wicd/wicd-daemon.py

Line 1206 needs to be changed from


cur_network['essid'] = stored_essid

to:

cur_network['essid'] = str(stored_essid)


Be nice if the Wicd package maintainer could fix this in portage and create a wicd-1.6.2.2-r1, as it looks like it may be a while before the next official release of wicd.

[tuam]

Hi,

you should file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org for this. Have you tried the fix? Does it work?

FF,

Daniel
_________________
Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. - Spock
The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many. - Kirk
I refuse to let arithmetic decide questions like that. - Picard

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[tuam]

Of course, you could file it upstream -> https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bugs

But it happens that patches appear first in the distros...

FF,

Daniel
_________________
Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. - Spock
The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many. - Kirk
I refuse to let arithmetic decide questions like that. - Picard

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