Subject: bug#464: wicd: does not find any ESSID on my wifi and does not support WPA-AES encryption...

From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 18:00:11 +0900 (JST)

Package: wicd
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-6+devuan1.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

Without using ifupdown and /etc/network/interfaces for my wifi card,
"ip l" looks like

$ ip l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:1b:d3:88:9b:8f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:24:d6:59:c6:68 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Under this situation, wicd network manager, which is the default
desktop network manager in Devuan, shows no ESSIDs attached as
screenshot (in Japanese).

Then "Configure an ad-hoc network" shows that encryption is
supported only by WEP, which is now considered very insecure.
WPA-AES is not supported for encryption by wicd.
Simply, I cannot use wicd to configure wifi on laptop.
Instead I can use /etc/init.d/networking and /etc/network/interfaces,
so unusability of wicd is acceptable.
But I wonder what is the supposed GUI method to configure
wifi with WPA-AES encryption on Devuan Beowulf...

Best regards, Ryutaroh Matsumoto

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)
Release:	3
Codename:	beowulf
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages wicd depends on:
ii  wicd-daemon             1.7.4+tb2-6+devuan1.1
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6+devuan1.1

wicd recommends no packages.

wicd suggests no packages.

Versions of packages wicd-gtk depends on:
ii  python         2.7.16-1
ii  python-glade2  2.24.0-5.1+b1
ii  python-gtk2    2.24.0-5.1+b1
ii  wicd-daemon    1.7.4+tb2-6+devuan1.1

Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends:
ii  policykit-1    0.105-25+devuan8
ii  python-notify  0.1.1-4

Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on:
ii  adduser           3.118
ii  dbus              1.12.16-1+devuan2
ii  debconf           1.5.71
ii  iputils-ping      3:20180629-2+deb10u1
ii  isc-dhcp-client   4.4.1-2
ii  lsb-base          10.2019051400
ii  net-tools         1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1+devuan1
ii  psmisc            23.2-1
ii  python            2.7.16-1
ii  python-dbus       1.2.8-3
ii  python-gobject-2  2.28.6-13+b1
ii  python-wicd       1.7.4+tb2-6+devuan1.1
ii  wireless-tools    30~pre9-13
ii  wpasupplicant     2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u2

Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii  rfkill                  2.33.1-0.1+devuan1~beowulf2
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6+devuan1.1

Versions of packages wicd-daemon suggests:
pn  ethtool   <none>
ii  iproute2  4.20.0-2
pn  pm-utils  <none>

Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
ii  net-tools  1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1+devuan1
ii  python     2.7.16-1

Versions of packages python-wicd suggests:
pn  ethtool   <none>
ii  iproute2  4.20.0-2

-- debconf information:
* wicd/users:

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From: fsmithred <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 07:32:34 -0400

Wicd will do WPA2 (AES) for regular wireless connections, but not for ad
hoc networks.

Go into wicd preferences and make sure wlan0 is set as the default
wireless interface. You might need to maximize the wicd window to find the
preferences.

Make sure you have the right firmware installed for your wireless
interface if it needs it.

When wicd can see your essid, click on the Properties button to set the
encryption type and password. I use WPA1/2 (Passphrase). It does not say
AES anywhere, but the router is set to use WPA2 (AES).

fsmithred

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From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 17:08:58 +0900 (JST)

I verified that wicd on Debian Buster + sysvinit-core and xfce desktop
works fine and this #464 is not observed on Debian Buster + sysvinit-core and xfce desktop.
Best regards, Ryutaroh

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From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 02:32:22 +0900 (JST)

I meant below that available ESSIDs appear on the wicd window on Debian Buster,
without advised tricks at https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=464#10

I wonder how the difference between Devuan Beowulf and Debian Buster occurs...
Ryutaroh

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From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 13:34:54 +0900 (JST)

Control: severity -1 minor

This symptom does not appear when the installer properly installs
required wifi firmware.
It seems that "wireless interface" in the wicd preference window
becomes null if the wireless interface
is not recognized at the first use of wicd (e.g. by failure of firmware
preparation by the installer).

When the Devuan installer prepears my wifi firmware at the installation,
wicd works perfectly.

Best regards, Ryutaroh

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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:40:05 +0000

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the wicd package:

#464: wicd: does not find any ESSID on my wifi and does not support WPA-AES encryption...

It has been closed by fsmithred <[email-masked]>.

Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
better one in a separate message then please contact fsmithred <[email-masked]> by
replying to this email.

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Contact [email-masked] with problems

From: fsmithred <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 12:37:28 -0500

close

Subject: wicd: does not find any ESSID on my wifi and does not support WPA-AES encryption...
From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
To: Devuan Bug Tracking System <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 18:00:11 +0900 (JST)

Package: wicd

Dear Maintainer,

$ ip l

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Debian

-- debconf information:
* wicd/users: