Ok, if I remove wicd from RUN_DAEMONS and try to run /etc/init.d/wicd start instead, wicd starts without throwing any errors, although the log still shows the "TypeError: cannot deepcopy this pattern object".

Now after this, if I run "wicd-client &", I get the following errors on the command line:

root@elana:~# wicd-client &
root@elana:~# /usr/bin/wicd-client: line 2: tput: not found
/usr/bin/wicd-client: line 3: tput: not found
/usr/bin/wicd-client: line 4: tput: not found
Importing pynotify failed, notifications disabled.
Has notifications support False
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Can't connect to the daemon, trying to start it automatically...
/usr/bin/gksu: exec: line 16: --message: not found

followed by a dialog that says:

"Could not connect to wicd's D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages. [Ok]"

followed by the following in the command line:

Wicd daemon is shutting down!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1033, in 
    main(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1005, in main
    tray_icon = TrayIcon(animate, displaytray=display_app)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 139, in __init__
    self.icon_info = self.TrayConnectionInfo(self, self.tr, animate)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 201, in __init__
    self.set_not_connected_state()
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 329, in set_not_connected_state
    self._show_notification(language['disconnected'], None, 'stop')
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 231, in _show_notification
    self._last_bubble = pynotify.Notification(title, details,
NameError: global name 'pynotify' is not defined

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/var/log/wicd/wicd.log has the same content as the first comment.

Anyone?

I guess you are using cooking - I wrote the howto for 3.0 - I am not home, so I dont have the cooking stick with me - I am home sometime tomorrow

maybe notify-python is missing in the depencies

Thanks for responding. notify-python was indeed missing, so I installed it. This is what I get now when I run wicd-client:

root@elana:~# wicd-client &
root@elana:~# /usr/bin/wicd-client: line 2: tput: not found
/usr/bin/wicd-client: line 3: tput: not found
/usr/bin/wicd-client: line 4: tput: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 54, in 
    import pynotify
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/pynotify/__init__.py", line 1, in 
    from _pynotify import *
RuntimeError: could not find _PyGtk_API object

[1]+  Done(1)                    wicd-client

but I think, now the client is working - see in top

the error could be the lack of ncurses-utils - there is no package for this in slitaz, but try to install ncurses-extra

ok, installed ncurses-utils. No luck though. Same error as post 4. I also tried googling the RuntimeError, not much luck there either.

Hi,
sorry no english-->ger google-chrome
http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:wicd

Thanks @unklar, I've seen that guide. As mentioned above, my issues seem to be with the wicd-client not running properly. As @kultex pointed out, I'm probably missing some dependencies. Just need to figure out which ones.

It seems you may need to install notify-python (or python-notify - or even both), and / or ncursesw-extra (note the 'w' there).
At least that's what I think - this is just from a quick search in the package manager.

Ok, that's a load of packages. In any case, I have notify-python already installed. I downloaded and installed ncursesw-extra, didn't help. Then installed python-notify and now this is what I get when I run "wicd-client &":

root@elana:/# wicd-client &
root@elana:/# Has notifications support True
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Can't connect to the daemon, trying to start it automatically...
/usr/bin/gksu: exec: line 16: --message: not found
Wicd daemon is shutting down!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1033, in 
    main(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1005, in main
    tray_icon = TrayIcon(animate, displaytray=display_app)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 139, in __init__
    self.icon_info = self.TrayConnectionInfo(self, self.tr, animate)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 201, in __init__
    self.set_not_connected_state()
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 329, in set_not_connected_state
    self._show_notification(language['disconnected'], None, 'stop')
  File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 233, in _show_notification
    self._last_bubble.show()
glib.GError: Unable to connect to server

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root@elana:/# 

with the same popup dialog as before: "Could not connect to wicd's D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages."

For what it's worth, I manually verified that every dependency listed for wicd is installed. Still no luck.

its a bug in wicd: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pld-linux/+bug/602825

the problem is that the deamon is not starting - see in var/log/wicd

you can try to compile wicd-1.7.1b2

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wicd/files/wicd-testing/

Sweet! Thanks @kultex. I got it working.

For anyone else with this issue, here are the steps (assuming you simply installed wicd from the cooking repos):
1. Make sure all dependencies are installed, "tazpkg get-install wicd" misses a few
2. As pointed out by someone in the link @kultex provided in the previous post, to fix the deepcopy issue, do the following:

Replace the body of method write in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wicd/configmanager.py (at the end of the file) to pass:

def write(self):
pass

3. The install process does not create /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf without which wicd daemon does not start. So create one, you can google for samples or here is one I found:

[Settings]
wireless_interface = wlan0
link_detect_tool = 0
signal_display_type = 0
dhcp_client = 0
window_height = 400
wired_connect_mode = 1
pref_width = 491
wired_interface = eth0
always_show_wired_interface = False
wpa_driver = wext
debug_mode = 0
pref_height = 590
global_dns_1 = None
global_dns_2 = None
global_dns_3 = None
auto_reconnect = True
window_width = 605
flush_tool = 0
use_global_dns = False

Do the rest, i.e. edit /etc/rcS.conf and wicd to RUN_DAEMONS in /etc/rcS.conf and remove network.sh from RUN_SCRIPTS, remove network manager from lxpanel, and that should be mostly it.

I still haven't verified if wicd connects to the network properly, but as of now all above errors are gone and the wicd-client loads properly.

As it turns out, that just got wicd client to load. However, I had posted another issue with wicd awhile ago, regarding it's inability to connect to wireless networks protected by WPA. That problem still persists, so I gave up.

It would be nice if someone with more knowledge of this can help get this working, since Network Manager is very tedious to use as it requires manual intervention every time you switch between wireless networks or between wireless and wired. It also doesn't update the status in the task bar each time you switch.