I am trying to connect to a VPN provider. The server is up. The subscription is valid and worked before.
I tried to connect with openSUSE 12.2 and 12.2. With the original KDE and with 4.10.3 update. With 32 bit and 64 bit. The error I get is always the same (and I do not recall an update recently that could cause this):
May 14 22:49:29 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> Starting VPN service 'openvpn'...
May 14 22:49:29 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 6291
May 14 22:49:29 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' appeared; activating connections
May 14 22:49:34 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
May 14 22:49:34 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> VPN connection 'swissvpn' (Connect) reply received.
May 14 22:49:34 linux-hm2r nm-openvpn[6367]: OpenVPN 2.2.2 x86_64-suse-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] built on Dec 14 2011
May 14 22:50:14 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: **<warn> VPN connection 'swissvpn' (IP Config Get) timeout exceeded.**
May 14 22:50:14 linux-hm2r nm-openvpn[6367]: E**RROR: could not read Auth username/password/ok/string from management interface**
May 14 22:50:14 linux-hm2r nm-openvpn[6367]: Exiting
May 14 22:50:14 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> Policy set 'Connessione via cavo 1' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
May 14 22:50:19 linux-hm2r NetworkManager[796]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' disappeared
I tried with normal permissions, secure permissions. I do not understand where the issue could be and why it comes up now.
Any help is appreciated.
What kind of VPN endpoint is it? Cisco?
I had no problems with our cisco vpn and using vpnc. No special config it just worked.
The endpoint is an openVPN server. So this is openVPN on openVPN. But it times out. The only reference to this I found it for an old bug from 2011. At the time they claimed it was a permission problem, but this is a normal install, and the permissions where default, then local secure default without changing a dot. So before filing a bug report it would be nice to investigate if somebody knows about this (apparently new) bug. This should be the case on all installs as I tried:
- 12.2 - 32 and 64 bit
- 13.3 32 and 64 bit
- I tried with two different service providers, settings in two different countries.
- I contacted the provider, that confirmed openVPN is up my subscription O.K. and that he had no login (since my reinstall)
- I have the log error as stated, so openVPN is not able to access apparently some file (password? Is kwallet broken?).
So just an openVPN on openVPN problem. Nothing fancy.
now I reinstalled openvpn, networkmanager and all nm-plugins.
As a result I am not getting any log from openvpn anymore. But martian sources. I looked them up and was surprised:
15/5/2013 15:42:15 e1000e 0000 0:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
15/5/2013 15:42:15 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
15/5/2013 15:42:20 IPv4 **martian source 192.168.1.100 from 130.57.66.5, on dev eth0**
15/5/2013 15:42:20 ll header 00000000: 5c ff 35 06 cd 99 c8 d7 19 89 00 05 08 00 \.5...........
15/5/2013 15:42:20 IPv4 martian source 192.168.1.100 from 130.57.66.5, on dev eth0
15/5/2013 15:42:20 ll header 00000000: 5c ff 35 06 cd 99 c8 d7 19 89 00 05 08 00 \.5...........
15/5/2013 15:42:20 IPv4 martian source 192.168.1.100 from 130.57.66.5, on dev eth0
15/5/2013 15:42:20 ll header 00000000: 5c ff 35 06 cd 99 c8 d7 19 89 00 05 08 00 \.5...........
15/5/2013 15:42:20 IPv4 martian source 192.168.1.100 from 130.57.66.5, on dev eth0
15/5/2013 15:42:20 ll header 00000000: 5c ff 35 06 cd 99 c8 d7 19 89 00 05 08 00 \.5...........
15/5/2013 15:42:25 eth0 no IPv6 routers present
15/5/2013 15:42:28 fuse init (API version 7.18)
15/5/2013 15:42:36 EXT4-fs (dm-2) re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
15/5/2013 15:42:36 EXT4-fs (dm-1) re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
15/5/2013 15:42:36 EXT4-fs (sda1) re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
15/5/2013 15:43:10 tun Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
15/5/2013 15:43:10 tun (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
I did whois on this and:
When pulling the information for 130.57.66.5, we found that the organization tied to this IP is Novell. More details for 130.57.66.5 are displayed if available at the date of your request, which is May 15, 2013.
A more detailed IP address report for 130.57.66.5 is below. At the time you pulled this report, the time zone of 130.57.66.5 is America/Denver.
The current local time of 130.57.66.5 is 15.05.2013 07:49:09.
More IP details of 130.57.66.5 are shown below along with a location of the address on a map.
**IP Lookup Result for 130.57.66.5**
Now, how can I get martian sources from Novell? Is this like Microsoft doing with skype, visiting ip-addresses and installations :-o
Well for the martian sources I do not know. But for the vpn not working, uninstalling completely and using gnome nm-applet connects. I reported a bug as this is probable a problem of interaction between the interface kwallet and knetworkmanager. We will see what the devs respond.