tags 582980 patch thanks
The problem seems to be that the /sbin/dhcpcd script requires all options before the interface. This patch fixes it for me.
--- a/wicd/wnettools.py +++ b/wicd/wnettools.py @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ 'id' : misc.PUMP, }, "dhcpcd" : - {'connect' : r"%(cmd)s %(iface)s -h %(hostname)s --noipv4ll ", + {'connect' : r"%(cmd)s -h %(hostname)s --noipv4ll %(iface)s ", 'release' : r"%(cmd)s -k %(iface)s", 'id' : misc.DHCPCD, },