open a terminal window and ‘cd’ to the folder you downloaded the rpm. In that folder do:
su -c ‘rpm -iUvh wicd*rpm’
Enter rootpassword when asked for.
You will see a primitive progressbar, after that the rpm is installed and wicd is ready for use.
The error was ‘failed dependencies’
Urwid is needed by wicd 1.6.2.2-1.1.i586
dbus-1-python is needed.
I have installed 'dbus-1-python from the DVD.
I located urwid package on the net https.
://excess.org/urwid/wiki/ChangeLog
This is urwid-0.9.8.4.tar.gz. Do I install this?
Am I on the right path?
> su -c ‘rpm -iUvh wicd*rpm’
> Enter rootpassword when asked for.
Knurpt’s way is a good way, but since freedom of choice is one of the
great things about Linux, an *alternative’ way to process an rpm file
is this way:
-right click on the rpm file
-in the resulting menu go > Actions > Install with YaST
-give root password when asked
doing it that way YaST will automatically
-attempt to resolve all dependencies
-add the new program to the menu
-log it into the search able YaST list so you can UNinstall it
and, another option is to use zypper (which will also automatically
detect, download to resolve dependencies…etc)
in a terminal, as root:
zypper install [FILENAME].rpm
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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:16:01 GMT, staretnovell
<staretnovell@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>Knurpht;2040727 Wrote:
>> open a terminal window and ‘cd’ to the folder you downloaded the rpm. In
>> that folder do:
>> su -c ‘rpm -iUvh wicd*rpm’
>> Enter rootpassword when asked for.
>>
>> You will see a primitive progressbar, after that the rpm is installed
>> and wicd is ready for use.
>
>The error was ‘failed dependencies’
>Urwid is needed by wicd 1.6.2.2-1.1.i586
>dbus-1-python is needed.
>I have installed 'dbus-1-python from the DVD.
>I located urwid package on the net https.
>://excess.org/urwid/wiki/ChangeLog
>This is urwid-0.9.8.4.tar.gz. Do I install this?
>Am I on the right path?
In OpenSuse it is far better to install with rpm. While i am able to
install from tar.gz, i vastly prefer rpm. Installing form tar.gz is
not really an option for a Linux noob. Find it in rpm form.
I have installed wicd and can see the networks. I have read the how to wicd and I have configured network settings as it says.
I get this error.
‘Connection failed:unable to get IP Address’.
What do I do?
Anyone would know about wicd error.‘Connection failed:unable to get IP Address’.
Hi,
Ignore my post on 22 Sep. I had copied a piece of it from somewhere and then clicked ‘Submit’
Staretnovell.
I have solved the problem of wireless card. I have enjoyed wireless internet connection from Monday.
I have installed wicd and it works very well.
Here are the things I have done. Dont know if it will help others.
I did not have wired and wireless connection and cannot install with yast and with DVD. I had some packages on the DVD.
The error I get when configuring network from Yast is
“Unable to cofigure the network card because of kernel device(eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware(for wlan0 devices). Check dmesg”
Dmesg shows: “cannot find firmware file ‘intel-ucode /06-0f-od’.”
1.I have done what was described in post #2 by Akoellh ,downloaded madwifi and blacklisted ath5k. This allows for editing the network. Yast > Network devices > Network settings. But I could not still get any network.
2.So I tried updating the kernel.
3.It was suggested by Knurpht in post #6 to install Wicd. The Knetwork manager does not ever work for me. I installed wicd rpm package. I could see networks but no connection.
4.Then luckily after reading a lot of documentation got my internet connection through USB.
So now I could download any package and use Yast comfortably without going to Windows, logging in back again to Suse.
I started with the link below
Using the Huawei E169G usb mobile internet modem on the EEE | greenhughes.com
and finally this post helped to get connected using ‘umtsmon’.
Huawei UMTS USB Stick - openSUSE
5.I still wanted to get connect wirelessly .Then I checked the wpa_supplicant.conf file. I checked Dhcp settings. I then came across a post to always check ‘Encryption settings’ on Wicd. Entered the WPA settings.
Then,I went through the steps as detailed in
Getting Your Wireless to Work - openSUSE Forums and
My wireless doesn’t work - a primer on what I should do next - openSUSE Forums
I did it and forgot about it on Saturday.
6.On Monday WICD connected. It connected to an external site. That is my story. I hope it helps someone.
Thanks to everyone who helped me.
Staretnovell