wicd daemon will not start

ursvik · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:43 am

I have a problem, i enabled the wicd service, but when ever i start it, it dies after a short while (< 5 sec)

i have a prism54 card, that use to work in linux, it shows up as eth1

does the daemon.py print a log somewhere ?
is there updates to wicd since the release of zenwalk 5.0 ?

/U

gapan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:55 pm

You can try launching the wicd daemon manually as root and see what happens...

Code:

/usr/share/wicd/daemon.py

ursvik · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:21 pm

Ok, this happens....

Code:

root[rc.d]# /usr/share/wicd/daemon.py
/usr/share/wicd
wicd daemon: pid 2834
root[rc.d]# lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.


root[rc.d]# 

I found a log file: /usr/share/wicd/data/wicd.log and it looks like this... something apparently goes terribly wrong here

Code:

2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: ---------------------------
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: wicd initalizing...
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: ---------------------------
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: found wireless interface in configuration... setting wireless interface eth1
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: found wired interface in configuration... setting wired interface eth0
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: found wpa driver in configuration... setting wpa driver wext
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: 0
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: setting use global dns to 0
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: setting use global dns to boolean False
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: setting global dns
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: global dns servers are None None None
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: wired autoconnection method is 1
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: wireless configuration file found...
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: wired configuration file found...
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: chmoding configuration files 0600...
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: chowning configuration files root:root...
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: autodetected wireless interface... automatically detected wireless interface None
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: None
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: using wireless interface... returning wireless interface to client
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: eth1
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: autoconnecting... returning wireless interface to client
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: eth1
2008/04/21 15:07:25 :: scanning start
2008/04/21 15:07:25 ::  ##### 00:17:3F:45:3F:1A
2008/04/21 15:07:26 :: Traceback (most recent call last):
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::   File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon.py", line 1232, in <module>
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::     object = ConnectionWizard(bus_name)
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::   File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon.py", line 142, in __init__
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::     print self.AutoConnect(True)
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::   File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon.py", line 348, in AutoConnect
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::     self.Scan()
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::   File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon.py", line 423, in Scan
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::     scan = self.wifi.Scan(str(self.hidden_essid)) #_should_ already be a string but you never know...
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::   File "/usr/share/wicd/networking.py", line 229, in Scan
2008/04/21 15:07:26 ::     CurrentNetwork["quality"] = 100 * int(strength) // int(max_strength)
2008/04/21 15:07:26 :: ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
2008/04/21 15:07:26 :: 

YAWN!!

I hate when i get the bugs and other people get the fun...

gapan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:36 pm

What is the output of

Code:

iwconfig

?

Are you sure your wireless card is functional? And are ou trying to connect to a hidden network? I've only seen failure reports about that.

ursvik · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:21 pm

Well honestly i am not 100% sure the card works, i am not near my AP right now and havent used the card for a while until today, but the card works fine in kismet (today) - found some 9 networks right away....

I am not trying to connect to anything, the wicd daemon dies before i can do that.

iwconfig says :

Code:

root[mats]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  Nickname:"zenwalk"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=31 dBm   Sensitivity=20/200  
          Retry limit:8   RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=171/0  Signal level=-78 dBm  Noise level=-24 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

gapan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:17 pm

ursvik wrote:

Link Quality=171/0

I'm away from any wireless network right now but this seems odd, I think it should display something like 90/100 and maybe that's why you get the

Code:

ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero

error. So, I believe there is something wrong with the setup of your card.

ursvik · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:45 pm

It looks like a driver bug or something... the odd thing is , sometimes it is like 64/0 or 67/96
that is to say , there is no real method in the madness.... i'll have a look at the new kernel first maybe...

Will you be building a package 1.4.2 of wicd, by the way, gapan ?

gapan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:52 pm

1.4.2 is already in both current and snapshot repos from mid-February! l!!!

ursvik · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:11 pm

strange, my netpkg shows no update :-(

gapan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:24 pm

What mirror are you using?
Here's the list from the packages page:
http://packages.zenwalk.org/?p=wicd-1.4 ... on=current

ursvik · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:54 am

Ok, so i didn't do a netpkg dotnew after the latest netpkg update D!!

i got 1.4.2 now, but that in itself didn't solve it.

BUT i think i solved my problem, as

Code:

root# iwlist --version
iwlist    Wireless-Tools version 28
          Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v20.
                          _______________________________
Kernel    Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v22.

eth1      Recommend Wireless Extension v19 or later,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v22.

I must have been having some version incompatibility, so i got wireless-tools-29 from snapshot, and then all started working !

gapan · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:55 am

ursvik · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:23 am

ursvik wrote:

I must have been having some version incompatibility, so i got wireless-tools-29 from snapshot, and then all started working !

NOT!

Must have been temporarily, back to [ ] 1

ursvik · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:58 pm

Took a little python crash-course and managed to patch /usr/share/wicd/networking.py :

i changed line #229

Code:

#from
if max_strength:
#to
 if (max_strength) and (int(max_strength) != 0):

Open Source rules !

So now it finds some networks, some found by iwlist are never listed in the gui. (why?)
It only only works if i had the card plugged in at boot.

energiya · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:38 pm

I have the same problem with wicd only that it doesn't crash because of that divide by zero. Instead it says wired-config ( or something like that, its in the same dir as the log ) has no headers. The file is empty.

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