Wifi manager?

[peter2]

I'd like to know the name of a wireless manager for kde, with a nice gui to configure whatever you want. Kwifimanager has too little options....

[daniewicz]

Give wicd a try. Have a look at this thread:

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=43139&hl=

[scarecrow]

Either wicd or (k)networkmanager. The former is newer, less mature, but apparently more flexible.

[peter2]

I couldn't manage to install wicd, the src i downloaded from sourceforge only had folders but no files....Is there a rpm ?

[daniewicz]

Well I am not sure if there is an rpm. When I installed wicd, it was on my laptop running Kubuntu :unsure:

 

I am not at a linux box right now. Later when I am at home I will see if there is a wicd rpm in the repositories for my Mandriva 2005 desktop machine. But this is not the best approach perhaps as you are undoubtedly working with a newer version of Mandriva and the repositories will be different.

 

Can anybody out there running Mandriva 2007 verify if wicd is in the repositories?

[Greg2]

Can anybody out there running Mandriva 2007 verify if wicd is in the repositories?

Nope, it's not in the repos.

 

@ peter2- I'm not currently using wifi with Mandriva, or I would install and check it for you. I did take a look at the wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2, it is already built, but it has to be extracted to / for it to work.

[daniewicz]

Thanks Greg2.

 

So the files in wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2 need only be extracted and they are ready to run?

[peter2]

but there aren't any files, just empty folders...

[Greg2]

but there aren't any files, just empty folders...

Try to d/l it again, because mine is ok. It's 70.1 KB.

OK, I've taken a closer look at this file. I believe it will work ok with Mandriva, with a small modification... however I can't check it for you. If you want to give it a try, you will need to create a temp directory on your system. Then d/l the wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2 to that directory. Now open a terminal and cd to the /temp you have made. Then

tar -xvjf wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2

then

rm wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2

then

mkdir etc/rc.d

then

mv etc/init.d etc/rc.d/

then

tar -cvjf wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2 etc opt usr

Then as root (su to root)

cd /

then

tar -xvjf /path/to/temp/wicd_1.3.1-src.tar.bz2

replacing /path/to/temp/ with your real path to the file. It's easier then it looks. :)

 

Disclaimer: I have not tried to use this app on Mandriva, so I'm not responsible for anything that goes wrong during the install, or after it's installed. :D

[scarecrow]

but there aren't any files, just empty folders...

 

True! :o Just checked the latest file at Sourceforge, and its borked.

Apparently, a Sourceforge mirroring error... please notify the developer to fix the issue (reupload).

Try another link, for example http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge...3.1-src.tar.bz2

This one is OK, unlike other SF mirrors...

To have it compiling and running properly, you will need pygtk, dbus-python and gtk2 (or gtk1, which is liter - and uglier...), plues their corresponding devel packages (probably not all of the devel packages, but install them to be on the safe side).

 

 

 

By the way if you are exclusively a KDE user, then knetworkmanager should work fine for you. If using another desktop, you will be less lucky with it, though.

Edited September 19, 2007 by scarecrow

[dude67]

I dl'ed the archive and extracted it to my home folder. But what then; There's nothing to make or anything. How have folks installed it?

[Greg2]

I dl'ed the archive and extracted it to my home folder. But what then; There's nothing to make or anything. How have folks installed it?

That's what my instructions I've posted above are for. :)

 

You will need these dependencies installed for it to work: python, python-gtk, python-gtk-glade, pygtk2, pygtk2.0-libglade, gtk+2, dbus-python, wpa_supplicant.

[dude67]

That's what my instructions I've posted above are for. :)

Ooooops...! :woops:

 

I'll do as you suggested and let you know how it went.

[dude67]

Hey, thanks Greg2. I got it working!

 

I was having hard time getting it running, but as root I had to do this to get it operating.

[root@localhost dude67]# service wicd start
  Stopping any running daemons...
  Starting wicd daemon...
  /opt/wicd
  wicd daemon: pid 7407
  [root@localhost dude67]# /opt/wicd/gui.py
  attempting to connect daemon...
  success
  starting...

I'm still not certain how to make sure it restarts when I reboot, but I'll know soon enough.

[Greg2]

Hey, thanks Greg2. I got it working!

I'm glad it works for you, and thanks for testing it with Mandriva! :)

 

In a terminal as root do

ln -s /opt/wicd/tray.py ~/.kde/Autostart/tray.py

if you want it in your tray at startup.

 

What wireless card do you have? Now that I know it works, I'll make an rpm. When Mandriva 2008 is released I'll install it with Xfce 4.4.1 on my laptop, and give wicd a try.