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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/networking.scm12
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl4
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/networking.scm b/gnu/services/networking.scm
index d33ff4fc4a..8f67976b23 100644
--- a/gnu/services/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/networking.scm
@@ -483,11 +483,19 @@ configuration file."
(service-extension dbus-root-service-type
list)
(service-extension activation-service-type
- (const %wicd-activation))))))
+ (const %wicd-activation))
+
+ ;; Add Wicd to the global profile.
+ (service-extension profile-service-type list)))))
(define* (wicd-service #:key (wicd wicd))
"Return a service that runs @url{https://launchpad.net/wicd,Wicd}, a network
-manager that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking."
+management daemon that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking.
+
+This service adds the @var{wicd} package to the global profile, providing
+several commands to interact with the daemon and configure networking:
+@command{wicd-client}, a graphical user interface, and the @command{wicd-cli}
+and @command{wicd-curses} user interfaces."
(service wicd-service-type wicd))
;;; networking.scm ends here
diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
index 41f66f693a..0e26a7ec5e 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop)
-(use-package-modules xfce ratpoison wicd avahi xorg certs)
+(use-package-modules xfce ratpoison avahi xorg certs)
(operating-system
(host-name "antelope")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
;; Add Xfce and Ratpoison; that allows us to choose
;; sessions using either of these at the log-in screen.
(packages (cons* xfce ratpoison ;desktop environments
- xterm wicd avahi ;useful tools
+ xterm avahi ;useful tools
nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
%base-packages))