[arch-general] wicd startup issues

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from Samuel Baldwin's message of 2010-11-17 19:50:46 +0100:
> After a fresh install of wicd (I pacman -Sy'd yesterday), it won't
> seem to start; not really sure what to do here.
> 
> arrakis^samuel# wicd
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 56, in <module>
>     from wicd import wpath
> ImportError: No module named wicd
> 
> arrakis^samuel# wicd-gtk
> ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkWindow)
> ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkInvisible)
> ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkObject)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 61, in <module>
>     from wicd import wpath
> ImportError: No module named wicd

I'd avoid wicd altogether, upstream development has stalled, the (AFAIK)
main dev uses network manager now and is looking for new wicd
maintainers. I had loads of troubles with wicd even before python3.