How to replace network-manager with wicd

[riddix]

Helloo

how to replace network-manager with wicd? I'm using Fedora 16 x64. Best i found -> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin...%20Fedora%2011, but this doesn't work,...

thx rid

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I don't get it. "SELinux is preventing wicd from 'open' accesses on the file". Entered suggested commands to not prevent it, but no success.

[riddix]

made some progress,... this is a way

# yum install wicd wicd-common wicd-gtk
# yum remove NetworkManager
# reboot

now wicd throws two error messages:
-> Could not connect to wicd's D-Bus interface. Check the log for error messages.
-> The wicd daemon has shut down. The UI will not function properly until it is restarted.

the wicd icon shows up in the bottom right, but no available networks appear. A simple

# sudo wicd

solves the issue for now. I installed system-config-services and discovered that there is no "wicd"-entry.

# su
# systemctl enable wicd.service

to prevent SElinux from disturbing i added this file context mapping definitions to SELinux policy

# semanage fcontext -a -t puppet_tmp_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t named_cache_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_etc_rw_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_tmp_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_log_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t sysctl_net_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_var_lib_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_var_run_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t net_conf_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t user_cron_spool_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t pppd_var_run_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t afs_cache_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t root_t '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# restorecon -v '/etc/dhcp/manager-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t named_cache_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_etc_rw_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_tmp_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_log_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_var_lib_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_var_run_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t net_conf_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t pppd_var_run_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t root_t '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# restorecon -v '/etc/dhcp/wireless-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t named_cache_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_etc_rw_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_tmp_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_log_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_var_lib_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t NetworkManager_var_run_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t net_conf_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t pppd_var_run_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# semanage fcontext -a -t root_t '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# restorecon -v '/etc/dhcp/wired-settings.conf'
# reboot

following bug still appears, but wlan is working.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759883

a nice to have would be that the icon appears in the top right instead of the bottom right bar, anybody out there who knows how to accomplish this?