I also can confirm the problem. This is the excerpt from /var/log/daemon.log:
Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn'... Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 6975 Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' just appeared, activating connections Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: OpenVPN 2.1_rc19 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] built on Oct 13 2009 Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'MPIP' (Connect) reply received. Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info. Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: /usr/bin/openssl-vulnkey -q -b 1024 -m <modulus omitted> Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: LZO compression initialized Nov 20 09:29:35 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: Attempting to establish TCP connection with 194.95.63.248:143 [nonblock] Nov 20 09:29:45 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: TCP: connect to 194.95.63.248:143 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection timed out Nov 20 09:30:00 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: TCP: connect to 194.95.63.248:143 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection timed out Nov 20 09:30:07 qwghlm wpa_supplicant[785]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Nov 20 09:30:15 qwghlm NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'MPIP' (IP Config Get) timeout exceeded. Nov 20 09:30:15 qwghlm nm-openvpn[6978]: SIGTERM[hard,init_instance] received, process exiting -- Can not connect to vpn using plasma-widget-networkmanagement https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415076 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs