Hello. Same here, after more than 5 years... But for me, one second is too little - changed to 3s and it works now.
Thanks for report. jackc:~# diff /root/monitor.py /usr/share/wicd/daemon/monitor.py 139a140 > time.sleep(3) wicd 1.7.4+tb2-6 Debian unstable without systemd xfce J.
