Manually Connecting Ethernet

Check the interfaces

$ ifconfig

Check eth0 explicitly

For whatever reason, my eth0 wasn't showing up until I explicitly specified it.

$ ifconfig eth0

Get an ip address

$ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.100

Connect to the outside internet

sudo route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.1.1

Make dns resolve

• Edit /etc/resolve.conf to include:

  nameserver 8.8.8.8
  nameserver 8.8.4.4
  

Try wicd-curses

Wicd-curses fails to start up. With a long python traceback

Can't connect to the daemon, trying to start it automatically...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/curses/wicd-curses.py", line 1043, in <module>
    setup_dbus()
  File "/usr/share/wicd/curses/wicd-curses.py", line 1031, in setup_dbus
    dbus_ifaces = dbusmanager.get_dbus_ifaces()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 36, in
get_dbus_ifaces
    return DBUS_MANAGER.get_dbus_ifaces()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 62, in
get_dbus_ifaces
    if not self._dbus_ifaces: connect_to_dbus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 48, in
connect_to_dbus
    return DBUS_MANAGER.connect_to_dbus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 79, in
connect_to_dbus
    proxy_obj = self._bus.get_object("org.wicd.daemon", '/org/wicd/daemon')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in
get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 248, in
__init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 180, in
activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 278, in
start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in
call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:
The name org.wicd.daemon was not provided by any .service files
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 96, in
apport_excepthook
    dbus_service_unknown_analysis(exc_obj, pr)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 172,
in dbus_service_unknown_analysis
    cp = ConfigParser(interpolation=None)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'interpolation'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/curses/wicd-curses.py", line 1043, in <module>
    setup_dbus()
  File "/usr/share/wicd/curses/wicd-curses.py", line 1031, in setup_dbus
    dbus_ifaces = dbusmanager.get_dbus_ifaces()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 36, in
get_dbus_ifaces
    return DBUS_MANAGER.get_dbus_ifaces()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 62, in
get_dbus_ifaces
    if not self._dbus_ifaces: connect_to_dbus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 48, in
connect_to_dbus
    return DBUS_MANAGER.connect_to_dbus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wicd/dbusmanager.py", line 79, in
connect_to_dbus
    proxy_obj = self._bus.get_object("org.wicd.daemon", '/org/wicd/daemon')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in
get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 248, in
__init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 180, in
activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 278, in
start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in
call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:
The name org.wicd.daemon was not provided by any .service files

relevant post:	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1115640

Wicd's daemon

So, Wicd's daemon isn't running. Lets check that:

$  sudo service wicd status
* wicd is not running

And try and start it?

$  sudo service wicd start
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 1859, in <module>
    main(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 1708, in main
    os.symlink(dest, backup_location)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

Manually?

$  sudo wicd -foe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 1859, in <module>
    main(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 1708, in main
    os.symlink(dest, backup_location)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

Ahh, lets look for that issue.

Fixing daemon

I found a bug on launchpad and basically, /etc/resolve.conf points towards a relative link rather than an absolute one so when wicd copies the symlink it points to a different path. I did this:

# rm /etc/resolv.conf
# ln -s /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolve.conf
# rm /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.orig
# ln -s /etc/resolv.conf /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.orig

Then I retried starting up the daemon and success!

relevant bug:	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wicd/+bug/1132529