Update the wicd-curses client to work with urwid-1.3. Based on a patch from: http://technik.blogbasis.net/wicd-curses-fix-fuer-attributeerror-screen-object-no-attribute-get_input_nonblocking-04-12-2014 --- wicd-1.7.3/curses/wicd-curses.py.orig 2014-12-21 14:40:46.000000000 -0500 +++ wicd-1.7.3/curses/wicd-curses.py 2015-02-05 23:41:17.530901204 -0500 @@ -1153,9 +1153,10 @@ if not ui._started: return False - input_data = ui.get_input_nonblocking() + ui.set_input_timeouts(max_wait=0) + input_data = ui.get_input() # Resolve any "alarms" in the waiting - self.handle_keys(input_data[1]) + self.handle_keys(input_data) # Update the screen canvas = self.frame.render((self.size), True)