[Close enough.] WICD not saving network properties, Network Center empty.

[Drayco84]

Huh... Managed to cram that in there...

Okay, I'm getting really peed off about this. Netbook is now COMPLETELY unable to access internet. One, WICD buttons for Network Properties are NOT WORKING. (Seriously, what the hell is up with that?) Need some kind of override or a solution to the problem below.

Two, updated wpa_supplicant last night and upon reboot, Network Center is no longer recognizing ANY wifi networks and connecting with an ethernet cable is slow and prone to disconnects, making connecting with ethernet nearly impossible and updating package list via synaptic completely impossible.

Seriously, these broken updates are starting to feel like I'm working with Windows all over again.

EDIT: Failing all that, I'd like a wifi client that WORKS, please.

[gseaman]

I'm not an expert, but I will help you until someone with more knowledge of wifi issues comes along. I've not used wicd, but I'll install it and see if I can find the problem that you are having. I packaged the new wpa_supplicant and the new version worked just like the old one for me. It is possible that you are the first one to experience a problem, so your input is valuable. We all want PCLinuxOS to be perfect, but failing that we want to make necessary corrections as quickly as we can.

Galen

[Drayco84]

I'm not an expert, but I will help you until someone with more knowledge of wifi issues comes along. I've not used wicd, but I'll install it and see if I can find the problem that you are having. I packaged the new wpa_supplicant and the new version worked just like the old one for me. It is possible that you are the first one to experience a problem, so your input is valuable. We all want PCLinuxOS to be perfect, but failing that we want to make necessary corrections as quickly as we can.

Galen

Thank you. And I still don't understand WHY it's doing this. I know my network uses WPA, but the fact that the network center isn't pulling ANYTHING when I know there's a few other networks around is kind of alarming.
And to further confuse things, the NetApplet IS recognizing networks. (I've managed to connect via that, so I'm a bit calmer now.)

[gseaman]

I'm glad you've got connected. I don't think wpa_supplicant is the problem, or net_applet would not likely work. I just tried wicd and remembered why it is not the default program for PCLinuxOS! It has what appears to have nice features but they don't always work for me, either. Some people have requested it, so it must work for some situations. Network center and net_applet have failed for me from time to time. The solution that I've found is to remove the wireless connection in 'PCC -> Network & Internet -> Remove a connection', then 'PCC -> Network & Internet -> Setup a new network interface'. I think this usually works because it generates a new wpa_supplicant.conf file.

Galen

[Drayco84]

The Net Applet grabbed the info and made a connection, but the network center still isn't showing any wifi networks. However, I'm still able to connect to the network, and the internet.

[gseaman]

The Net Applet grabbed the info and made a connection, but the network center still isn't showing any wifi networks. However, I'm still able to connect to the network, and the internet.

This is odd. It shouldn't be this way. You may not want to mess with it if it is working, but it would be very interesting to see if removing and reset your network interface would make network center work again.

Galen

[Drayco84]

Considering that it IS working (Albeit barely.), I'm not too willing to try screwing around with it. I already tried removing and re-adding the connection in the previously mentioned step. Only thing I can think of is removing the network center in synaptic and reinstalling it. Might try it if/when it gets worse, but for now I'm not gonna push it.

At least I still have my desktop to use for help if things get worse.

[gseaman]

I don't blame you. If something changes, report it here and we will continue to troubleshoot until everything works. Enjoy!

Galen

[doctore]

I am having the same problem. No networks show up in the network center. i went as far as top reinstall PCLOS, but that did not take care of the problem.

[agmg]

I am having the same problem. No networks show up in the network center. i went as far as top reinstall PCLOS, but that did not take care of the problem.

This is a known issue related to wpa_supplicant and is discussed here:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,110616.0.html

[racuna]

I have the same error, finally I found this to fix wicd:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1097401

Edit in /usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py lines 1067 and 1411

so just change the aforementioned lines from

prop = misc.sanitize_config(prop)

to

prop = misc.sanitize_config(str(prop))

and reboot. It work for me.

[gseaman]

If this is confirmed to work by another user, I'll create a patch and make a new rpm.

Galen

[Crow]

Yay!!      

[gseaman]

The patch does not seem to work on my machine. 

Galen

[Gagarin Gambit]

This issue is quite important to be left alone for 20 days... a couple of days ago I was teaching a class and I realised I couldn't connect to the local wi-fi, and I would be really ashamed to admit that I am a Linux user, an operating system highly superior to Windows, but I can't get it to connect to the internet... surely, there must be a third party patch available by now which can be implemented?