having trouble with wicd

zeos386sx · 06-24-2011, 09:54 PM

wicd is not working based on the message i think it might be something with dbus. searches haven't been any help.

slack 13.37 x86

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 63, in <module>
    from wicd import dbusmanager
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 93, in <module>
    DBUS_MANAGER = DBusManager()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 57, in __init__
    self._bus = dbus.SystemBus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 202, in __new__
    private=private)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 108, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 125, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound: Failed to connect to socket /usr/local/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

willysr · 06-24-2011, 11:23 PM

you have to give execute permission to /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd and start it
then, you can start

Code:

wicd-client &

as root

zeos386sx · 06-25-2011, 12:39 PM

thank you for your help. I tried your suggestion and I am still getting the same error as above.

this may or may not be related but for some reason when I start wicd now I lose my wired connection.

zeos386sx · 06-25-2011, 05:54 PM

well i just reinstalled and wicd is working.