If you’re familiar with correctly entering your WPA2 password after an Ubuntu update and now your Netbook won’t connect using WiCD, I got the solution that worked for me.
Uninstall network-manager and restart WiCD
Open a terminal and type:
[shell]
$ sudo apt-get remove network-manager
…
$ sudo /etc/init.d/wicd restart
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You may have to restart wicd daemon twice in case you don’t see the wireless networks right away.
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This is may solution read thin link: (post #11)
http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1560502&page=2
dude…you rock. I pounded my head against my keyboard for 45 mins wondering why i couldn’t get that to work. I uninstalled network-manager from the Ubuntu Software Center and installed Wicd manager so i thought it was already uninstalled.
Kudos to you my friend.
Thanks mate! but how to now get vpn run? also how to remove network manager completely as its just annoying to see ! icon on panel.
worked like a charm. respec’!
YAY!!!!! Works 😀
Thank you so much!!!!
You rock! Thanks
FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO DO THIS, BE WARNED IT DOES NOT WORK FOR ME. NOW MY COMPUTER DOESNT EVEN IDENTIFY AN WIRELESS NETWORKS. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT COULD WORK OR IT COULD SKREW UP EVERYTHING. THE RISK IS YOURS…
Thank you very much it worked really good
when i was trying to conect wireless network, it was saying bad password and after no more conexion and freezing. i needed to restart each time and i had no wireless conexion at all. NOW IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM THANKS A LOT !!:D:D:D
It works!.
bash commmand
airmon-ng check kill
it killed a few processess and i connected after that no problem
THANKS A LOT MATE….MAY YOU CARVE A NICHE FOR YOURSELF IN THE LINUX WORLD
Thank you sooooooooooooooo much! Hat off to you, dude!
Thank you very much. It works great.
mine isn’t still working on my backtrack 5 machine, any genius ideas?? please help