I also experience the same problem under same conditions. I already tried reinstall network-manager-pptp & network-manager-pptp- gnome without success
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-pptp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386718 Title: PPTP connection unavailable Status in “network-manager-pptp” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On Ubuntu Gnome 14.10 (fresh install), system preferences -> network -> [+] -> VPN has only one choice here: "Import from file" but no PPTP connection. The network-manager-pptp-gnome is well installed. But no interface for creation. Then, I cannot create any PPTP VPN connection. Note : In 14.04, this feature worked fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/1386718/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp