From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Add wicd and wicd-service Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:22:36 -0500 Message-ID: <87386lb19f.fsf@netris.org> References: <87mw4uhx1f.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40087) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJB9U-0004ov-Ih for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:22:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJB9P-0005cK-Fp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:22:40 -0500 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:34543) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJB9P-0005cG-BY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:22:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87mw4uhx1f.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Wed, 04 Feb 2015 03:59:40 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org Mark H Weaver writes: > * Unless run as root, the user interfaces to configure wicd via dbus > always fail. The wicd dbus configuration file is supposed to allow > anyone in the 'netdev' group to access and configure the daemon, but > this doesn't work. I could use some help debugging this. This all works now, without running the clients as root! :) I'm not sure which change in my configuration made things start working. * I added my user to the 'netdev' group in my os-configuration for the first time, whereas earlier I simply edited /etc/group by hand and rebooted. * I just added Ludovic's new suggested 'name-service-switch' configuration with nss-mdns support. * I'm now running on current 'master', and there have been some changes there since my earlier testing. > I was pleased to discover that our xfce already includes a panel applet > to configure wicd And this is working as well, although it seems unable to find some of the icons. Anyway, it's a step in the right direction :) Enjoy! Mark