Re: PSK error in wicd-1.7.0

On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:45:18 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:

>    You helped me resolve the shutdown issue and I hope you can help me
> resolve this last issue: wireless connectivity between the Sony Vaio
> running 13.37/x86_64 with wicd-1.7.0 and the ASUS WL 520GC wireless
> access point.
> 
>    This issue seems common on several ubuntu threads but appears to
> be a conflict with the default network manager.
> 
>     When invoked with 'wicd-client -n' from the command line, up pops
> the wicd network manager showing our local AP at 100% right on top.
> But, when the 'Connect' button is clicked the network is not
> immediately attached. Instead, I keep getting the error that the
> pre-shared key (PSK) password is incorrect.
> 
>    Both wicd and the WAP are using WAP2 for authentification and I
> have a 14-character Pre-shared key (called WPA 1/2-Personal on the
> WAP). When I log into the WAP and check, the PSK password is just
> what I set it to, and the same as I enter in the client laptop.
> 
>    I downgraded to wicd-1.6.2.1 from Slackware-13.0/64bit but that
> made no difference. I'm totally out of ideas since the
> authentification protocols and passwords match on both ends of the
> connection.
> 
>     What might I be doing incorrectly here? This is the last hurdle
> in the race to get this new laptop fully up and running.

Have you made sure that the system works correctly with the driver
using wpa_supplicant? I have had driver issues look like WICD issues
from time to time. Also, you could consider this if it is a WICD
problem that won't fix:
http://task3.cc/190/networkmanager-on-slackware-13-37/

All the best,
Morten