For the records, I hit the same problem in Debian when trying to use network-manager-fortisslvpn. I opened https://bugs.debian.org/962468 bug report against Debian ppp package and proposed a patch.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #962468 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962468 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ppp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779328 Title: kernel module ppp_generic is missing Status in ppp package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: ppp When I attempt to initiate a VPN connection, I get the following syslog: May 7 23:17:11 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'... May 7 23:17:11 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 3241 May 7 23:17:11 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections May 7 23:17:11 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 May 7 23:17:12 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 May 7 23:17:12 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN connection 'RCN' (Connect) reply received. May 7 23:17:12 xxxxx pppd[3243]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5//nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded. May 7 23:17:12 xxxxx pppd[3243]: Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No such device or address May 7 23:17:17 xxxxx pppd[3243]: Please load the ppp_generic kernel module. May 7 23:17:17 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 May 7 23:17:17 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 May 7 23:17:17 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. May 7 23:17:17 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> Policy set 'zzzzz' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. May 7 23:17:22 xxxxx NetworkManager[580]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' disappeared We also need: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu: Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center ppp: Installed: 2.4.5-5ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.4.5-5ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.4.5-5ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What you expected to happen I expected a VPN connection to be established 4) What happened instead ppp crashed because a kernel module is missing. I have been Googeling for days looking for any method of acquiring ppp_generic or anything of the sort. I have attempted to apt-get purge pptp, pppd, etc. and re-installing in hopes that a re-install would return the required items to no avail. Please let me know if you need further information or if there is a way that I can resolve this as I really need to be able to VPN into my work's network; thanks! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/+bug/779328/+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
