My /etc/init.d/wicd file (works for me)

wicd (text/plain), 600 bytes, created by Brandon Mintern on 2008-06-02 07:35:20 UTC

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

opts="start stop restart"

WICD_DAEMON="/opt/wicd/daemon.py"

depend() {
	need dbus
	after net.lo
	before net
	# provide net # causing error right now, but this is what it
	              # should actually be instead of "before net"
}

start() {
	ebegin "Starting wicd daemon"
	start-stop-daemon --start --exec $WICD_DAEMON &>/dev/null \
	    && sleep 5
	eend $?
}

stop() {
	ebegin "Stopping wicd daemon"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --exec $WICD_DAEMON &>/dev/null
	eend $?
}