jeff wrote: > Paul David Mena wrote: > > > I managed to get WICD working under FREEEEE by not exactly following the > > instructions found at > > http://wicd.sourceforge.net/wiki/doku.php?id=fedora. Long story short: > > download and untar the tarball, then follow the instructions in the > > INSTALL file, namely: > > > > yum install python-devel > > python setup.py configure > > python setup.py install > > > > Make sure NetworkManager is turned off like so: > > > > chkconfig NetworkManager off > > > > reboot, at which time you should see the wcid service start up shortly > > after eth0 comes up. To bring up the butt-ugly-but-functional GUI, type: > > > > wcid-client & > > > > Starting up wired, wireless and VPN networks are all fairly intuitive. > > And it works! > > > > Assuming I can duplicate any of the above, I promise to immortalize it > > in a wiki... > > > > I built a (new) package of this now for FREEEEE. Tested. Fails. :) > > yum install wicd > > > Right now it's complaining: "Couldn't find graphical sudo program" (this > when > I'm running it as root, no less). I wonder which ones it will take. gar. > > Anyway, mostly there but i dont think i'll look at it more for a day or so, > so > if you figure that out let me know heh. Could just be missing dependency. > > > freeeee-package empower <--we'll see if that one will work. >
Well, i haven't tested the sudo part yet (it only comes up if wicd daemon isn't running), but I have it going now with the latest package. Looks quite nice. If this thing is stable we'll use this for sure. Funny the thread is *without* a GUI, but in the end it's what we got. heh. -Jeff _______________________________________________ blag-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/blag-users -------------------- m2f -------------------- Sent using Mail2Forum (http://www.mail2forum.com). Read this topic online here: http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?p=26135#26135 -------------------- m2f --------------------
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