Hey, thanks for this quick fix!
I'll try it as soon as I can.
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I'm glad to report, wicd is all good now (as you can see from the network icon.) In fact I am posting this from my new Salix Custom XFCE Live DVD.
For my fellow newbs here are the cookbook steps to create this custom DVD:
1. Once the original live system is running, uninstall liveclone from gslapt
2. Update the live system and install multimedia codecs and all other pacakges you want.
.....main menu>multimedia>install multimedia codecs
3. Download the patched liveclone package indicated by Akuna
4. Install that package from the command line. Go to the download directory su - to root and type
..... installpkg liveclone....txz
5. Don't forget to rebuild icon cache first to fill in the missing icons of your newly installed programs at the main menu.
.....main menu>system>rebuild icon cache
6. Double-click the icon liveclone in the desktop, follow instructions.
7. Burn the custom iso image file.
8. Test the custom live DVD.
Mine works like a charm! Thanks a lot, Salix Team!