Network Manager problem in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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Submitted by Ulan Melisbek on Sat, 2008-03-22 10:50.

Just have installed Ubuntu 8.04 Beta and since I did not like the way it starts up, turned on auto-login. Unfortunately, every time you start Ubuntu after this the Network Manager keeps asking you for your keyring password. Which is very much annoying. So I followed these steps to solve the issue:

1. Go to Administration > Synaptic Package Manager > Settings > Repositories > Third Party Software > Add...

deb http://apt.wicd.net hardy extras

(replace 'hardy' with 'dapper', 'edgy', 'feisty' or 'gutsy' according to your system's name).

2. Click Reload and wait while the package lists are downloaded, Search for "Wicd" and install it. The system will warn about that in order to install Wicd you have to uninstall NetworkManager. Response positively and just go ahead and finish the installation.

Don't worry about the message "The NetworkManager applet could not find some required resources. It cannot continue", just close it for now.

3. Go to Applications > Internet > Wicd.

Attention! If Wicd does not run at this stage, then have these instructions copied in some place on your Desktop or Home folder, because you will now need to restart your computer, and after the system loads back you will not have immediate Internet connection to get to this page online!

- Select your wireless network, make sure to put check mark for "Automatically connect to this network".

- Then click to "Advanced Settings", mark up "Use Encryption" and put your WPA or WEP password in the field just below it. If you use MAC filter wireless security, then just omit this step.

- Press "Connect".

4. Go to System > Preferences > Sessions. In the "Startup Programs" tab, click the "Add" button. Give it some name ("Wireless Manager" or "Wicd"). In the command field enter "/opt/wicd/tray.py".

5. Go to System > Administration > Login Window > Security and enable "Automatic Login", close and rock and roll!

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Thanks, worked on gutsy

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-04-25 02:24.

Thanks, worked on gutsy amd64 flawlessly

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Great! It works fine! Good

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-05-05 18:05.

Great! It works fine!

Good job my friend!

NrgJack

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Cheers, Bro!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-05-06 04:48.

Cheers, Bro!

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thanks amigo, much

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-05-12 17:10.

thanks amigo, much appreciated.
i couldnt deal with nms crap anymore

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Thanks.., and GOODBYE

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-05-22 17:46.

Thanks..,
and GOODBYE NM..
always problems..

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Nice one, found this on a

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-05-31 14:07.

Nice one, found this on a google search and it did the trick nicely, forgot to put it on the startup programs but it seems to start anyway.

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I had the same problem and I

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-06-02 13:36.

I had the same problem and I am a newbee. so thx it works.

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Thank you for the tutorial!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-06-11 23:55.

Thank you for the tutorial! I installed ubuntu a few days ago and this was a minor annoyance and now it's fixed!

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Thanks a lot it worked very

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-06-17 18:55.

Thanks a lot it worked very well !

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I'm new to Linux. What if

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-06-18 02:43.

I'm new to Linux. What if you want to switch from a wireless network to a wired one (two different networks, i.e. home vs. work)?

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Ulan Melisbek's picture

There is an option for wired

Submitted by Ulan Melisbek on Wed, 2008-06-18 19:23.

There is an option for wired connection in WICD's settings.

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Thanks! I was having endless

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-07-15 21:46.

Thanks! I was having endless problems with Network Manager on Hardy, but tried this and it works great - now I have a blazing fast wi-fi connection on all my Ubuntu boxes. Wicd FTW! :-)

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Can't get Feisty to let me

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-08-03 12:06.

Can't get Feisty to let me uninstall NetworkManager!! just leaves be at the warning msg.

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Oh my god! Thank you very

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-08-04 23:51.

Oh my god!

Thank you very much for this remedy. I've been looking for ages for a solution like this in Ubuntu 8.04. It worked perfect for me too.

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awesome, thanks a million!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-08-07 08:19.

awesome, thanks a million!

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Thanks so much, I almost go

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-08-08 16:58.

Thanks so much, I almost go back to Feisty if I don't get your blogs.

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Thanks! I was really

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-08-15 20:33.

Thanks! I was really stuck.
Now everything works.

Shuki

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Thanks man I just bought an

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-08-17 23:53.

Thanks man

I just bought an Elonex Webbook for my 4 year old daughter and immediately discovered the damn bug in NM that means it refuses to hold your network password properly - and I was beginning to think I had made the wrong choice in taking the Ubuntu option...

This fix worked like a dream and it is perfect for a little girl - I am sure we will both be very happy now :)

Why do they ship Ubuntu with such a buggy NM by default?

Oh well you fixed it for me - so cheers and thanks a lot.

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I was wondering how this

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-08-22 00:57.

I was wondering how this stops it from entering my keyring password. I still have to enter mine to access the internet. Is there an option I am missing some where?

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Probably you did not

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-08-23 01:33.

Probably you did not uninstall Network Manager. If you uninstall NM Ubuntu will not ask for your password anymore.

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THANK YOU You have done a

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-09-04 07:47.

THANK YOU You have done a great deed for my family and me.
THANK YOU

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