Hello
if i try to add a VPN connection under “Network Managment”, it simply does not work.
Following erroer message occurs:
Window with the title: “Error - KDE Control Module”, says
The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
the same happens if i try to add the VPN connection via:
PPTP
VPNC
Open VPN
with regards
Is NetworkManager active?
Enter YaST->Network Devices->Network Settings->Global Options to check.
yes, now i can add VPN connections. thx
Yet so far i still did not manage to connect to my uni. On windows i use vpn via cisco.
on the uni page they say to use openconnect. On my opensuse it seems to be VPNC.
anyway what is the difference between al this different VPN connection types (VPNC, PPTP, OPENVPN)?
There is an openconnect plugin as well for NetworkManager.
Install the packages NetworkManager-openconnect and NetworkManager-openconnect-kde4.
Then reboot so that NetworkManager gets restarted.
anyway what is the difference between al this different VPN connection types (VPNC, PPTP, OPENVPN)?
Well, they are just different ways to create a VPN.
I don’t know all the details either, you would have to google for that. Wikipedia might be a good start.
But as a user you don’t really have to care about the differences. You don’t have a choice anyway, you have to use the one that is provided.
oh yeah oppen connect works. thx.
but it seems that the first step was also important (enabling network)
Good! 
but it seems that the first step was also important (enabling network)
Of course you have to enable NetworkManager if you want to use it.
This is only done during installation if a wireless device is detected.
For a standard wired connection there is normally no need to use NetworkManager.
On 06/14/2014 06:36 AM, wolfi323 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> carborane;2648917 Wrote:
>> yes, now i can add VPN connections. thx
>> Yet so far i still did not manage to connect to my uni. On windows i use
>> vpn via cisco.
>>
>> on the uni page they say to use openconnect. On my opensuse it seems to
>> be VPNC.
> There is an openconnect plugin as well for NetworkManager.
> Install the packages NetworkManager-openconnect and
> NetworkManager-openconnect-kde4.
> Then reboot so that NetworkManager gets restarted.
systemctl restart network
would do the same will out the reboot
Ken