i used to start vpn connections with knetworkmanaer in 11.3
now i migrated to 11.4 and had to install the networkmanager plasmoid instead. the reason is variosu crashes and that knetworkmanager is unable to start 3g connections. however it was able to start vpn.
now i am using the plasmoid and i can get the 3g started but not the vpn. when i click on the connection nothing happens.
please enlighten me.
aha i guess its not possible
It is certainly possible, but it would help if you provided further information.
To start with, what is the output of
rpm -qa | grep -i network
What steps did you follow to set up the VPN connection?
When you say “nothing happens”, is there anything in the logs? Look in
/var/log/NetworkManager
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Don
here is your output
glib-networking-2.27.90-5.1.x86_64
libproxy1-networkmanager-0.4.6-3.9.1.x86_64
webyast-network-ui-0.2.3-3.1.noarch
yast2-network-2.20.10-3.1.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-lang-0.8.2-4.1.noarch
NetworkManager-0.8.2-15.20.1.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-0.8.2-4.1.x86_64
plasmoid-networkmanagement-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.x86_64
webyast-network-ws-0.2.1-3.3.noarch
NetworkManager-kde4-lang-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.noarch
kdenetwork4-filesharing-4.6.1-195.2.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-kde4-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.x86_64
NetworkManager-glib-0.8.2-15.20.1.x86_64
NetworkManager-kde4-libs-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.x86_64
i ccreated the vpn connection via knetworkmanager. and it worked fine even in 11.4
since i did not know about this log to me really nothing happened. can you imagine?
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> Starting VPN service ‘pptp’…
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> VPN service ‘pptp’ started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 23842
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> VPN service ‘pptp’ appeared; activating connections
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> VPN connection ‘lemon42’ (Connect) reply received.
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <warn> VPN connection ‘lemon42’ failed to connect: ‘No VPN secrets!’.
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> Policy set ‘TRISOL’ (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Apr 6 01:45:32 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <info> VPN service ‘pptp’ disappeared
soliton wrote:
> here is your output
> glib-networking-2.27.90-5.1.x86_64
> libproxy1-networkmanager-0.4.6-3.9.1.x86_64
> webyast-network-ui-0.2.3-3.1.noarch
> yast2-network-2.20.10-3.1.x86_64
> NetworkManager-pptp-lang-0.8.2-4.1.noarch
> NetworkManager-0.8.2-15.20.1.x86_64
> NetworkManager-pptp-0.8.2-4.1.x86_64
> plasmoid-networkmanagement-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.x86_64
> webyast-network-ws-0.2.1-3.3.noarch
> NetworkManager-kde4-lang-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.noarch
> kdenetwork4-filesharing-4.6.1-195.2.x86_64
> NetworkManager-pptp-kde4-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.x86_64
> NetworkManager-glib-0.8.2-15.20.1.x86_64
> NetworkManager-kde4-libs-0.9.1.60git.1299449104-1.3.x86_64
Looks OK.
> i ccreated the vpn connection via knetworkmanager. and it worked fine
> even in 11.4 since i did not know about this log to me really nothing
> happened. can you imagine?
<snip>
> Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <warn> VPN connection
> ‘lemon42’ failed to connect: ‘No VPN secrets!’.
> Apr 6 01:45:27 linux-rysp NetworkManager[1520]: <warn> error
> disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN
> connection was active.
Not sure what this means, but it definitely points to a problem.
I would recommend two things.
- Delete and re-setup your vpn connection within the networkmanagement
plasmoid. - Make sure kwallet is running.
Hope something here helps.
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Don
what a great idea!
but i am afraid you can not take credit for it all by urself because i allready tried that of course.
i am just a little pissed to see that my 113 installation worked much better.
Well You can always go back 
did the VPN set up with knetworkmanager work there ? Because it doesn’t work for me. I’m using the command line to connect
openvpn --config /home/grzes/client.ovpn
Best regards,
Greg
glistwan wrote:
>
> soliton;2320542 Wrote:
>> what a great idea!
>> but i am afraid you can not take credit for it all by urself because i
>> allready tried that of course.
>> i am just a little pissed to see that my 113 installation worked much
>> better.
> Well You can always go back did the VPN set up with knetworkmanager
> work there ? Because it doesn’t work for me. I’m using the command line
> to connect
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> openvpn --config /home/grzes/client.ovpn
> --------------------
Don’t know what else to say. openVPN connections here work fine via
plasmoid-networkmanagement (although that doesn’t help you).
Good luck with your problem.
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Don
Wow that’s nice to hear So how do You set it up in plasmoid-networkmanagement to do the terminal command I’ve typed in the process ?
Best regards,
Greg
glistwan wrote:
>> > Well You can always go back did the VPN set up with
>> knetworkmanagerwork there ? Because it doesn’t work for me.
>> I’m using the command line to connect
>> >
>> > Code:
>> > --------------------
>> > openvpn --config /home/grzes/client.ovpn
>> > --------------------
>>
>> Don’t know what else to say. openVPN connections here work fine via
>> plasmoid-networkmanagement (although that doesn’t help you).
>>
>> Good luck with your problem.
>>
> Wow that’s nice to hear So how do You set it up in
> plasmoid-networkmanagement to do the terminal command I’ve typed in the
> process ?
The details would depend on what is in your config file. In plasmoid-
networkmanagement you would set the various openvpn options that are in the
config file. Once set up you don’t need the config file any longer. I do
not know if it is even possible in the plasmoid to call it with a config
file as you have shown.
I’m certainy not an expert at this stuff, but it actually didn’t take that
long to get working.
Here is a sample of the config file I had previously been using, which I nno
longer have to use:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote <aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd> <port #>
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
comp-lzo
auth-user-pass
ca <path/to/certificate/file>
#cert openvpn.crt
Wireless networks often produce a lot
of duplicate packets. Set this flag
to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings
Set log file verbosity.
verb 4
If yours looks remotely similar I would guess it should work for you as
well.
If you want, let me know and I can be more detailed about the steps I took.
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Don
Ok than I think I have it just misconfigured. I’ll try to configure the plasmoid profile accordingly and let You know how it goes. Thanks for help in advance and sorry to the OP for hijacking his thread.
Best regards,
Greg
I was wrong and drab was right. The plasmoid allows for openVPN connections. I just had to extract my certificates from the client.ovpn file and create a separate file for each certificate, configure the profile in plasmoid and I no longer need to use to command line to connect to the VPN. Thank You very much for help drab.
Best regards,
Greg
glistwan wrote:
> I was wrong and drab was right. The plasmoid allows for openVPN
> connections. I just had to extract my certificates from the client.ovpn
> file and create a separate file for each certificate, configure the
> profile in plasmoid and I no longer need to use to command line to
> connect to the VPN. Thank You very much for help drab.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you got it working!
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Don