I have just upgraded to 15.10 (Wily Werewolf, devel branch) and the bug seems to fixed/gone away.
-- 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/1483431 Title: PPTP VPN fails with 'Failed to request VPN secrets' Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've been being running Ubuntu 15.04 without problems until a recent system update. Now, connecting to a PPTP VPN using Network Manager fails with the following in /var/log/syslog Aug 10 16:40:34 mycomputer NetworkManager[739]: <error> [1439239234.476337] [vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c:1778] get_secrets_cb(): Failed to request VPN secrets #2: (6) No agents were available for this request. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: network-manager-pptp 0.9.10.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 10 19:07:48 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-14 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: network-manager-pptp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/1483431/+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
