On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Alan Feuerbacher <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/17/2017 10:53 AM, Munir Contractor wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Alan Feuerbacher <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> The Wicd-1.7.4 section of the BLFS book, systemd version 8.0, >> "Networking Utilities", calls for you to install a bootscript: >> >> make install-wicd >> >> This script is not in the Makefile for blfs-systemd-units-20160602. >> >> >> IIRC >> > > What does "IIRC" mean? > > IIRC = If I remember correctly > from my recent build, this not required anymore. Wicd ships a systemd unit >> file with it. It should have been installed when doing make install. >> > > Can you point me to where the BLFS book describes all this? > It's not in the book. It might need to be added. Systemd unit file is installed in /lib/systemd/system/wicd.service in my case. > > Wicd is only needed for when you mainly use wifi for connecting to >> networks. It is redundant on wired connections. >> > > Yes, I see that now. But as I just mentioned to Bruce, I'd like to > experiment with a wifi card so as to learn the technical details. My family > mostly uses wifi laptops and such, and I'd like to learn. > Wicd will put up the wireless interface, start wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd/dhclient services on that interface and manage your wifi network connection details like username, password, authentication settings, etc. So, if you use a laptop (like me), and have to connect to various wifi networks, it is easy to just save the connections with Wicd and have it automatically connect to the best available network. Hope that helps. > > Alan > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
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