Problem still exists in 13.10.
slockwood@tincek:/var/log$ sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo
rfkill list
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82578DM Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
Also affects Xubuntu 13.04
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Title:
Cannot connect to configured VPN
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Also affects Kubuntu 12.04
Jun 12 15:16:17 sysname NetworkManager[1421]: Starting VPN service
'vpnc'...
Jun 12 15:16:17 sysname NetworkManager[1421]: VPN service 'vpnc' started
(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 5342
Jun 12 15:16:17 sysname NetworkManager[1421]: VPN service 'vpnc'
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I have a vpn profile that was working up until yesterday, now I get
(wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
Starting VPN service 'vpnc'...
VPN service 'vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID
9456
VPN service 'vpnc' appeared; activating connections
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: networkmanagement (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Further, while network-manager-vpnc was able to import the conf file,
network-manager-kde is not. It gives me the error message "xxx is not a
valid OpenVPN's [sic] client configuration file".
How did this version make it past your QA process?
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More details:
All of the above was with a VPN connection configured within network-
manager-gnome. So, there is incompatibility in the profile that it
saves. If you don't want to deal with the incompatibility, don't display
it.
I added a new VPNC configuration using KDE's interface to do so. With
Confirmed, this is specific to KDE network manager. It works fine in
gnome.
** Package changed: network-manager (Ubuntu) => networkmanagement
(Ubuntu)
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** Description changed:
This may be specific to the KDE network manager. When I click on the VPN
that I've configured in network-manager, usually nothing happens (except
for the first time, when it requests access to KDE wallet). This was
working in gnome's network-manager 2 weeks ago.