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I had been using wicd on my old laptop for a few years. Then, when configuring a new computer, wicd failed to work on it. I tried, probably, everything, even th

I had been using wicd on my old laptop for a few years. Then, when configuring a new computer, wicd failed to work on it. I tried, probably, everything, even the most low level CLI tools, but still connection kept failing, and frustratingly, it was providing almost no information about what was going wrong.. Then, I installed XFCE to had some temporary GUI, and its NM connected to WiFi. Now, I'm using NM, and still have no idea, why other tools did not work for me.

pyre 12y ago
Years ago, I had issues with several hotel wifis on the east coast. I found that completely disabling NetworkManager and manually connecting was the only work-around. But NetworkManager had to be disabled from startup. If it was started at any point, even if the service was stopped (and a manual connection was attempted) I couldn't connect to the network. It's hit-or-miss.