Public bug reported: After upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, the VPN profile which was used daily is now grayed out on boot. See attached screenshot.
After restarting the network-manager service, the profile is then active and can be selected and connects without issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: network-manager 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity Date: Mon Aug 22 12:02:05 2016 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-23 (883 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140322) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static metric 600 10.0.2.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.1 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.108 metric 600 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-10 (11 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.dnsmasq.d.network-manager: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2015-08-07T19:56:59.679956 mtime.conffile..etc.dnsmasq.d.network-manager: 2014-06-30T11:51:24.816947 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN running 1.2.0 connecting starting none enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615716 Title: VPN profile grayed out To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1615716/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs