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Questions that relate to the open source software utility to manage both wireless and wired networks for Linux. Wicd is an acronym for Wireless Interface Connection Daemon.

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Wired/Wirless network periodicly disconnects on Ubuntu 20.04, using wicd, and Network-Manager is disabled

Here is what I have tried so far: first I stopped and disabled Network-Manager so it won't run again after reboot. I installed WICD, and the problem was partially solved, no more unstable connection ... user avatar notify_my_threads

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Can't connect to localhost after switching to WICD

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and, due to my Wifi often cutting out, I decided to disabled network manager and install WICD instead (using this tutorial). It works great, and my Wifi doesn't cut out anymore. ... user avatar Jack

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Unable to install WICD network manager

I was having issues like both Wifi and Ehthernet connection is getting disconnected suddenly. So, I searched about the problem in google and found this post about fixing the issues i'm having I tried ... user avatar Mahir

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wicd tray icon not visible on Ubuntu 20.04

I saw this issue reported and resolved for past versions. WICD is not built for 20.04 yet I believe. I downloaded the version 19 package and set it up for 20.04 as suggested on some thread. I can run ... user avatar Jitendra

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I broke my wifi interface configuration with wicd, how can I fix it?

Well, I was managing my wifi connections using wicd-gtk when I read the first option, it said something like "wired network" and a checkbox "use as default profile" and so on (not sure if its accurate,... user avatar Wonky

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How to install WICD on ubuntu 20.04?

I am using ubuntu 20.04 focal 64bit. Pre installed network manager is giving me headache. It suddenly drops wifi connection. On scanning again it shows no visible network. The input command lshw -C ... user avatar parv desai

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How to properly disable systemd-resolved

On my Ubuntu Eoan laptop, I find that systemd-resolved sporadically inexplicably fails to respond to local DNS requests to 127.0.0.53 even when requests to my router's DNS server still work, so I want ... user avatar Syncopated

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WiFi connection error: deauthenticating by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)

I'm encountering a connection issue to my university WiFi network that I cannot solve: when attempting to connect, I get the following message with dmesg -T : [ven. oct. 11 12:32:04 2019] wlan0: ... user avatar P.Champ

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NetworkManager crashing

When did the problem start: I recently installed the package wicd, and after I did this, I started having problems with my WiFi connection. I never directly changed any configuration files or ... user avatar foo bar

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Very slow page loading and delayed prompt in SSH, even though ping, download speeds are fine

Couple of facts: I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 I use Cisco AnyConnect to connect to my company VPN (though websites are slow without it) I'm always using my home 2.4 Ghz wi-fi network. Other devices which use ... user avatar walnut_salami

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Wifi auto disconnecting and trackpad not working

A few days ago I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop (Asus-X542UQ) as dual boot. Initially, it worked fine but a couple of days before it started behaving strangely i.e. wifi started auto ... user avatar Pradyumn Singh

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Ubuntu 18.04.1 - System settings after removing network-manager and installing wicd

I've been having some issues with my wireless connection for some time, even in Ubuntu 16.04 A couple of weeks ago I finally switched to the new Ubuntu version and I still had the same problems, my ... user avatar rcrdo

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wicd stuck on obtaining ip address after logging into windows first

*I know there are many topics regarding this issue, however none of the solutions I tried helped me TL;DR For some reason whenever I log into Windows 1st, I cant connect with wicd after. As the ... user avatar Biarys

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wicd use_settings_globally works but won't connect automatically

I have a use case where I'd like to be able to send a pre-configured computer to a store. The idea is that the end user shouldn't have to plug in a keyboard and mouse unless absolutely necessary. I ... user avatar Mike Jenkins

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Why does WICD work and Network-Manager does not? And why no bluetooth?

I had a previous question that never really got solved, but to sum it up, I've been unable to get network-manager to work with my surface pro 3 running ubuntu 17.10. I've tried the usual suspects: ... user avatar alexzobi

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