---
name: "wicd-manager-settings.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "wicd-daemon"
version: "1.7.4+tb2-6"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wicd-manager-settings.conf"
---

# wicd-manager-settings.conf(5)

contains settings that control Wicd's behavior

## NAME

wicd-manager-settings.conf - contains settings that control Wicd's behavior

## DESCRIPTION

This file contains general configuration information for Wicd.\
 This file is located at /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf

## SETTINGS

- **link\_detect\_tool =** *\<0\|1\|2\>*

  0 = autodetect\
   1 = ethtool\
   2 = mii-tool

- **flush\_tool =** *\<0\|1\|2\>*

  0 = autodetect\
   1 = ip\
   2 = route

- **backend =** *\<ioctl\|external\>*

  Default is ioctl backend.

- **signal\_display\_type =** *\<0\|1\>*

  0 = Show signal strength as a percentage\
   1 = Show signal strength in dBm

- **dhcp\_client =** *\<0\|1\|2\|3\>*

  0 = autodetect\
   1 = dhclient\
   2 = dhcpcd\
   3 = pump

- **sudo\_app =** *\<0\|1\|2\|3\>*

  0 = autodetect\
   1 = pkexec\
   2 = kdesu\
   3 = ktsuss

- **wired\_interface =** *\<interface\_name\|None\>*

  - **always\_show\_wired\_interface =** *\<True\|False\>*

  - **wired\_connect\_mode =** *\<1\|2\|3\>*

  1 = default profile\
   2 = show list\
   3 = last used profile

- **prefer\_wired =** *\<True\|False\>*

  True = Switch to wired interface if a link is detected, even if already connected to wireless\
   False = Do not switch to wired interface automatically

- **wireless\_interface =** *\<name\_of\_wireless\_interface\|None\>*

  - **wpa\_driver =** *\<wext\|madwifi\|ndiswrapper\|hostap\|hermes\|atmel\|broadcom\|ipw\|ralink***legacy\|none\>**

  The default (and best supported) is wext.  It should work properly in most cases. The **none** special value makes WICD pass no *-D* parameter to wpa\_supplicant, which might be useful in some cases.

- **auto\_reconnect =** *\<True\|False\>*

  This settings determines whether Wicd will attempt to reconnect on connection loss.

- **use\_global\_dns =** *\<True\|False\>*

  If set to "True" and values are specified in the global DNS settings below, this will cause Wicd to use these DNS settings.

- **global\_dns\_dom =** *\<plaintext\_domain\_name\>*

  This specifies the default search domain to be used by the resolver.

- **global\_dns\_1 =** *\<ip\_address\>*

  - **global\_dns\_2 =** *\<ip\_address\>*

  - **global\_dns\_3 =** *\<ip\_address\>*

  - **debug\_mode =** *\<integer\_value\>*

  0 = disabled\
   1 = enabled

## SEE ALSO

[**wicd**(8)](/wicd/8.md), [**wicd-curses**(8)](/wicd-curses/8.md), [**wicd-wired-settings.conf**(5)](/wicd-wired-settings.conf/5.md), [**wicd-wireless-settings.conf**(5)](/wicd-wireless-settings.conf/5.md).