Need to install wicd every time I reboot

Omukawa · 11-14-2008, 12:51 PM

Hello,

I just switched to Slackware from Ubuntu. I'm using KDE as X Window and I have a problem with wicd. First I installed wicd with "installpkg" command and it worked perfectly. The next time I rebooted my computer, it didn't. I checked with "pkgtool" command and according to it, wicd was already installed on my system. Since I couldn't make it work, I uninstalled it with "removepkg" and then installed it the same way again. And again it works.
So my problem is: I have to install wicd everytime I reboot. Is this because of KDE starts a new session every time or is there something I missed doing.

Thank you for your time

titopoquito · 11-14-2008, 01:02 PM

Hi Omukawa, welcome to linuxquestions.org!

You probably forgot to add the wicd daemon to your startup scripts. Taken from slackbuilds.org:

Code:

You will need to start the wicd service at boot by adding the following
to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.wicd start
fi

Just edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local with any text editor of your choice and make sure it's executable (chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local), which it should be already.

Omukawa · 11-14-2008, 02:24 PM

That solved it, thank you!

masonm · 11-14-2008, 10:36 PM

It pays to actually read the README file LOL

SqdnGuns · 11-14-2008, 10:40 PM

Cool another former Ubombtu user UPGRADES!!

Omukawa, be patient and read. You'll love love you made the switch.

Good luck.