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I was also having trouble finding the wicd-curses, so I did:
sudo apt-get install wicd
instead (warning - I don't know if that is a good idea or not because I have no idea what I am doing, but I saw "wicd" in the output of the "apt-cache search wicd*" command gilphilbert said to run, so I thought I would give it a shot).
I was then able to run the "wicd-curses" utility, but it could not find any wireless networks and there are several near me, so I don't know what else is wrong.
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I took a break for about a week. Was so frustrated working on this.
Here's what I did to get it to work.....
(1) changed my sources to the Great Brittan sources (just in case)
(2) ran this aptitude install wicd (this is probably what fixed it)
Now I have wifi connectivity, even after a reboot.
So it seems I most likely am using the 9.11, although I haven't checked to be sure. I'm a linux newb.... Thanks guys for your help!
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wicd-curses did the trick for me on Dharma4, thanks.
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this worked great!! thanks heaps dude!!
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Hi,
noob here and I was able to connect to my network through the terminal, but once I rebooted into XBMC live it was no longer connected. Is there a step I'm missing? I have a WEP connection if that makes any difference. thanks
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I got this up and working, but upon reboot it fails. The problem seems to be that I start my WPA2 passphrase with the @ symbol which in turn causes the authentication routine to fail because of the special character. I've tried putting the WPA passphrase in double and single quotes in the /etc/networking/interfaces file, but neither worked. I haven't tried the backtick yet. Anybody know of something that would work short of changing my passphrase?
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Im running the Live solely from USB-stick, when im on a wired network and run apt-get update, install wicd-curses i get to select my WLAN and everything works fine. However, upon rebooting it all fails.
What i have figured out so far is that it seems that nothing is written back to the usb-stick for storage. After rebooting and i try to run wicd-curses i get the following error message "wicd-curses: command not found"
Is the only way to store any changed to install the Live-version on the HD?
Frank
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-try 'sudo wicd-curses'
-when configuring wlan, make sure you mark the options to automatically connect after boot, it's just above the wlan security key options
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Witter: Thank you, but i have tried that already. The problem seems to be that the Live-XBMC that runs of the Cruzer-stick (8GB) does not keep any changes after next reboot. even wicd-curses need to be re-downloaded and installed...and re-configured.
I had some issue with adding ra0 into interfaces as well, it was all saved nicely, but upon reboot it was all gone.
It seems to me me that i need a real dummy-guide how to make a "Live" XBMC that keep changes on a usb stick ;-)
Frank