I'm *not* seeing this issue on a clean&updated install of 18.04, while I did on an old install (upgraded every 6 months from 13.04 to 17.10/18.04). Haven't tried without updating (why would you).
network-manager-pptp and network-manager-pptp-gnome *are* installed (aren't they by default?). Padlock is also shown, i.e. everything works as expected. I had a look at the files installed by those packages, but none of the filenames at least suggest anything to me that would affect openvpn. -- 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/1725779 Title: Gnome network manager cannot find authentication binary Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager-ssh package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager-vpnc package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: From logs: Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7424] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d" name="Library" pid=2510 uid=1000 result="success" Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7473] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 6934 Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7518] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection Oct 21 13:54:03 V gnome-shell[2510]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary) Oct 21 13:54:03 V gnome-shell[2510]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary) Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <error> [1508608443.7698] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were available for t his request. Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7708] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: network-manager-pptp-gnome 1.2.4-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sat Oct 21 14:07:06 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash 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/1725779/+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
