wicd bad password

VisionIncision · 12-30-2011, 12:34 PM

Hi all,
I have a Broadcom BCM4312, and have installed wicd from the /extra directory on the DVD. Whenever I try to connect to a WPA network, I get a Bad Password message.

Is this a common problem?

Regards,
Jack

onebuck · 12-30-2011, 01:29 PM

Hi,

Do you have the 'key' presented to the device?

Configuring your network in Slackware - Alien's Wiki should help.

slackass · 12-30-2011, 02:09 PM

Did you try both “Preshared Key” and “Passphrase” in wicd?
I've made this same mistake myself.

VisionIncision · 12-30-2011, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackass

Did you try both “Preshared Key” and “Passphrase” in wicd?
I've made this same mistake myself.

Hi, yes, I have tried both.

Thanks

jamesf · 12-30-2011, 07:27 PM

I _think_ it is wicd that requires that keys (hex) be entered with A-F in uppercase. I know it is _one_ of the common wireless configuration methods, but I'm not able to test which one at the moment.

VisionIncision · 12-30-2011, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamesf

I _think_ it is wicd that requires that keys (hex) be entered with A-F in uppercase. I know it is _one_ of the common wireless configuration methods, but I'm not able to test which one at the moment.

Hi, I am not using a hex key. It is an english language string, I have tried entering the sting in uppercase just in case, but no luck.

Thanks for the response by the way. This is driving me mad!

linuxs64 · 12-31-2011, 06:33 AM

Use static ip address (including gateway, netmask etc) with "Preshared key" or "Passphrase".

Been having the same problem until I figured it out.

onebuck · 12-31-2011, 08:37 AM

Hi,

Quote:

excerpt from 'Configuring your network in Slackware - Alien's Wik'; wicd

Wicd (pronouced as wicked) aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings. Some of Wicd's features include:

Ability to connect to wired and wireless networks
Profiles for each wireless network and wired network
Many encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2
Remains compatible with wireless-tools
Tray icon showing network activity and signal strength

Read more about it here: http://wicd.net/
Wicd installs a daemon which talks to your computer's dbus messagebus to detect network connects/disconnects. Configuration of your wireless as well as wired interfaces is done via a wicd client. You can either run the graphical wicd-client in your X Window session (KDE, XFCE, blackbox, …), or use the console program wicd-curses if you are not using X.

If you want to use wicd, you will have to remove any network interface configuration information from /etc/rc.drc.inet1.conf in order to prevent a struggle for power between wicd and Slackware's rc.inet1 script.

What state is '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf'? Original or modified? Note the underlined text above.

Konphine · 12-31-2011, 07:04 PM

I've had this issue before. I think it's complaining about the driver used by wpa_supplicant.

After you open up Wicd Network Manager, there should be a "Preferences" button in between "Refresh" and "About." A new window will pop up, and you should see several tabs. The one we want is "Advanced Settings." Under that tab, there should be a "WPA Supplicant" section with a Driver pre-selected. Try changing the drivers and re-connecting.

273 · 12-31-2011, 07:39 PM

I've had a problem where removing network-manager and network-manager-gnome meant wicd would then work with a passphrase. I'm running Debian though so not sure how much help that is.

vbisis · 01-02-2012, 01:10 PM

With my broadcom wlan card I got it working using DHCP ....
Always got password error, when I tried to set the card up for static ip.

bogzab · 01-03-2012, 06:10 AM

The advice from onebuck / Alien Bob regarding the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf is important - I could not get wicd working until I got this file back to its virgin state.

Even after that though, I found that wireless access via wicd seemed to be a bit random - worked sometimes, but often did not. I have now gotten into a habit which seems to make it work nearly every time: Before pressing the "Connect" button in the main wicd dialog, I press the "Settings" (I think that's right, I working from memory) button next to it. In the dialog I then over-write the final few characters of the passphrase that comes up with the same characters. Press OK and then press "Connect". Why this should make a difference (forces a re-read of a wicd configuration file?) or even whether it really does make a difference I have no idea, but as I say, wicd connects for me practically every time now.

VisionIncision · 01-03-2012, 10:46 AM

Ok, thanks everyone. When I am on my machine I shall try out some of your workarounds. I did not see AlienBob's information about wicd configuration.

Regards,
Jack

slackass · 01-03-2012, 09:03 PM

Ya know, the 1st time I used wicd I had everything so screwed up that the only way I got it to work was to remove wicd, (removepkg)
delete the .wicd folder in /home,
deleate the /etc/wicd folder (removepkg dosent remove it).
Return /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to it's natural state.
Reinstall wicd. Then it worked perfect.

VisionIncision · 01-04-2012, 11:25 AM

Hi all,
I have tried all of the suggestions here. I might just manually set up my wireless connections. Any pointers? Never done it manually.

Regards,
Jack.