Experimental/Testing:

- Improved behavior in the networking backend.  The wired/wireless wnettools instances now refer to each other, and get passed on to connection threads as well, which simplifies passing settings for external program usage.  Also removed some unecessary creating of duplicate wnettools instances which ended up causing some issues.
- Fixed bug where dhclient was being used as the dhcp client even if it was selected in the options menu.
- Fixed a typo in the connection commands used for ralink cards.
- Fixed the wrong cli option for releasing a dhcpcd lease.
- Monitor.py no longer calls for an auto-rescan if the daemon is currently connecting to a network.
- Cleaned up some comments and simplified the logic in a few methods/functions.

daemon.py

@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ class ConnectionWizard(dbus.service.Object):
         # Make a variable that will hold the wired network profile
         self.WiredNetwork = {}
 
-        # Load our wired/wireless interfaces
+        # Kind of hackish way to load the secondary wnettools interface
-        self.wifi.LoadInterfaces()
+        # for both wired and wireless connection managers.
-        self.wired.LoadInterfaces()
+        self.wifi.liface = self.wired.liface
+        self.wired.wiface = self.wifi.wiface
 
         # Scan since we just got started
         if auto_connect:
@@ -590,6 +591,7 @@ class ConnectionWizard(dbus.service.Object):
     
     @dbus.service.method('org.wicd.daemon')
     def SetDHCPClient(self, client):
+        print "Setting dhcp client to %i" % (int(client))
         self.dhcp_client = int(client)
         self.wifi.dhcp_client = int(client)
         self.wired.dhcp_client = int(client)

gui.py

@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class appGui:
         dhclientradio = self.wTree.get_widget("dhclient_radio")
         pumpradio = self.wTree.get_widget("pump_radio")
         dhcpcdradio = self.wTree.get_widget("dhcpcd_radio")
-        dhcp_list = [dhcpautoradio, dhclientradio, pumpradio, dhcpcdradio]
+        dhcp_list = [dhcpautoradio, dhclientradio, dhcpcdradio, pumpradio]
         
         dhcp_method = daemon.GetDHCPClient()
         dhcp_list[dhcp_method].set_active(True)

misc.py

@@ -283,14 +283,11 @@ def get_gettext():
 def to_unicode(x):
     """ Attempts to convert a string to utf-8. """
     try: # This may never fail, but let's be safe
-        default_encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+        encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
     except:
-        default_encoding = None
+        # Just guess utf-8 if it fails.
-
+        encoding = 'utf-8'
-    if default_encoding:
+    ret = x.decode(encoding, 'replace').encode('utf-8')
-        ret = x.decode(default_encoding, 'replace').encode('utf-8')
-    else:  # Just guess UTF-8
-        ret = x.decode('utf-8', 'replace').encode('utf-8')
     return ret
     
 def RenameProcess(new_name):

monitor.py

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class ConnectionStatus():
     def rescan_networks(self):
         """ Calls a wireless scan. """
         try:
-            if daemon.GetSuspend():
+            if daemon.GetSuspend() or daemon.CheckIfConnecting():
                 return True
             wireless.Scan()
             daemon.SendScanSignal()

networking.py

@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ class Controller(object):
         self._dhcp_client = value
         if self.wiface:
             self.wiface.DHCP_CLIENT = value
+            self.wiface.CheckDHCP()
         if self.liface:
             self.liface.DHCP_CLIENT = value    
+            self.liface.CheckDHCP()
 
     def get_dhcp_client(self):
         return self._dhcp_client
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ class ConnectThread(threading.Thread):
     lock = thread.allocate_lock()
 
     def __init__(self, network, wireless, wired, before_script, after_script, 
-                 disconnect_script, gdns1, gdns2, gdns3, debug):
+                 disconnect_script, gdns1, gdns2, gdns3, wiface, liface, debug):
         """ Initialise the required object variables and the thread.
 
         Keyword arguments:
@@ -173,6 +175,9 @@ class ConnectThread(threading.Thread):
         self.global_dns_2 = gdns2
         self.global_dns_3 = gdns3
         
+        self.wiface = wiface
+        self.liface = liface
+
         self.connecting_message = None
         self.debug = debug
         
@@ -391,7 +396,8 @@ class Wireless(Controller):
             self.wireless_interface, self.wired_interface,
             self.wpa_driver, self.before_script, self.after_script,
             self.disconnect_script, self.global_dns_1,
-            self.global_dns_2, self.global_dns_3, debug)
+            self.global_dns_2, self.global_dns_3, self.wiface, self.liface,
+            debug)
         self.connecting_thread.setDaemon(True)
         self.connecting_thread.start()
         return True
@@ -570,7 +576,7 @@ class WirelessConnectThread(ConnectThread):
 
     def __init__(self, network, wireless, wired, wpa_driver,
             before_script, after_script, disconnect_script, gdns1,
-            gdns2, gdns3, debug=False):
+            gdns2, gdns3, wiface, liface, debug=False):
         """ Initialise the thread with network information.
 
         Keyword arguments:
@@ -588,7 +594,7 @@ class WirelessConnectThread(ConnectThread):
         """
         ConnectThread.__init__(self, network, wireless, wired,
             before_script, after_script, disconnect_script, gdns1,
-            gdns2, gdns3, debug)
+            gdns2, gdns3, wiface, liface, debug)
         self.wpa_driver = wpa_driver
 
 
@@ -606,9 +612,8 @@ class WirelessConnectThread(ConnectThread):
         5. Get/set IP address and DNS servers.
 
         """
-        wiface = wnettools.WirelessInterface(self.wireless_interface,
+        wiface = self.wiface
-                                             self.debug, self.wpa_driver)
+        liface = self.liface
-        liface = wnettools.WiredInterface(self.wired_interface, self.debug)
         self.is_connecting = True
         
         # Run pre-connection script.
@@ -747,7 +752,7 @@ class Wired(Controller):
             self.wireless_interface, self.wired_interface,
             self.before_script, self.after_script,
             self.disconnect_script, self.global_dns_1,
-            self.global_dns_2, self.global_dns_3, debug)
+            self.global_dns_2, self.global_dns_3, wiface, liface, debug)
         self.connecting_thread.setDaemon(True)
         self.connecting_thread.start()
         return True
@@ -809,7 +814,7 @@ class WiredConnectThread(ConnectThread):
     """
     def __init__(self, network, wireless, wired,
             before_script, after_script, disconnect_script, gdns1,
-            gdns2, gdns3, debug=False):
+            gdns2, gdns3, wiface, liface, debug=False):
         """ Initialise the thread with network information.
 
         Keyword arguments:
@@ -826,7 +831,7 @@ class WiredConnectThread(ConnectThread):
         """
         ConnectThread.__init__(self, network, wireless, wired,
             before_script, after_script, disconnect_script, gdns1,
-            gdns2, gdns3, debug)
+            gdns2, gdns3, wiface, liface, debug)
 
     def run(self):
         """ The main function of the connection thread.
@@ -842,8 +847,8 @@ class WiredConnectThread(ConnectThread):
         5. Run post-connection script.
 
         """
-        wiface = wnettools.WirelessInterface(self.wireless_interface, self.debug)
+        wiface = self.wiface
-        liface = wnettools.WiredInterface(self.wired_interface, self.debug)
+        liface = self.liface
 
         self.is_connecting = True
 

wnettools.py

@@ -239,15 +239,31 @@ class Interface(object):
     def CheckDHCP(self):
         """ Check for a valid DHCP client. 
         
-        Checks for the existence of a support DHCP client.  If one is
+        Checks for the existence of a supported DHCP client.  If one is
         found, the appropriate values for DHCP_CMD, DHCP_RELEASE, and
         DHCP_CLIENT are set.  If a supported client is not found, a
         warning is printed.
         
         """
-        if self.DHCP_CLIENT:
+        def get_client_name(cl):
-            dhcp_client = self.DHCP_CLIENT
+            """ Converts the integer value for a dhcp client to a string. """
+            if cl in [misc.DHCLIENT, "dhclient"]:
+                client = "dhclient"
+            elif cl in [misc.DHCPCD, "dhcpcd"]:
+                client = "dhcpcd"
             else:
+                client = "pump"
+            return client
+        
+        print 'checking dhcp...'
+        
+        if self.DHCP_CLIENT:
+            dhcp_client = get_client_name(self.DHCP_CLIENT)
+            dhcp_path = self._find_client_path(dhcp_client)
+            if not dhcp_path:
+                print "WARNING: Could not find selected dhcp client.  Wicd " + \
+                      " will try to find another supported client."
+        if not self.DHCP_CLIENT or not dhcp_path:
             dhcp_client = None
             dhcp_path = None
             dhcpclients = ["dhclient", "dhcpcd", "pump"]
@@ -271,7 +287,7 @@ class Interface(object):
         elif dhcp_client in [misc.DHCPCD, "dhcpcd"]:
             dhcp_client = misc.DHCPCD
             dhcp_cmd = dhcp_path
-            dhcp_release = dhcp_cmd + " -r"
+            dhcp_release = dhcp_cmd + " -k"
         else:
             dhcp_client = None
             dhcp_cmd = None
@@ -1126,7 +1142,7 @@ class WirelessInterface(Interface):
                         cmd_list = []
                         cmd_list.append('NetworkType=' + info[6])
                         cmd_list.append('AuthMode=' + auth_mode)
-                        cmd_list.append('EncryptType=' + info[4])
+                        cmd_list.append('EncrypType=' + info[4])
                         cmd_list.append('SSID=' + info[2])
                         cmd_list.append(key_name + '=' + network.get('key'))
                         if info[5] == 'SHARED' and info[4] == 'WEP':
@@ -1207,6 +1223,7 @@ class WirelessInterface(Interface):
             if self.verbose:
                 print "SIOCGIWRANGE failed: " + str(e)
             return None
+        # This defines the iwfreq struct, used to get singal strength.
         fmt = "iiihb6ii4B4Bi32i2i2i2i2i3h8h2b2bhi8i2b3h2i2ihB17x" + 32 * "ihbb"
         size = struct.calcsize(fmt)
         data = buff.tostring()