# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d.  To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
modules_wlan0=( "iwconfig" )
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
dhcpcd_wlan0="-t 10"
key_linksys="[1] off key [1] enc open"
sleep_scan_wlan0="3"

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf   is an empty file.

 Tried to copy /etc/rc.conf, it's too large for me to copy from bash. Every line was commented, I didn't see anything that was uncommented.

/etc/conf.d/rc  has uncommented:
 RC_TTY_NUMBER=12
RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP="no"
RC_INTERACTIVE="yes"
RC_HOTPLUG="yes"
RC_PLUG_SERVICES=""
RC_NET_STRICT_CHECKING="no"
RC_DOWN_INTERFACE="yes"
RC_VERBOSE="no"
RC_BOOTLOG="no"
RC_BOOTCHART="no"
RC_USE_FSTAB="no"
RC_USE_CONFIG_PROFILE="yes"
RC_FORCE_AUTO="no"
RC_DEVICES="auto"
RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no"
RC_DMESG_LEVEL="1"
RC_RETRY_KILL="yes"
RC_RETRY_TIMEOUT=1
RC_RETRY_COUNT=5
RC_FAIL_ON_ZOMBIE="no"
RC_KILL_CHILDREN="no"
RC_WAIT_ON_START="0.1"
svcdir="/var/lib/init.d"
svcmount="no"
svcfstype="tmpfs"
svcsize=2048

localhost pottzie # wicd-client
Has notifications support True
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Connected.
displaytray True
Done loading.

At this point wicd-client stops, doesn't appear to finish or do anything.