PPTP VPN Service failed to start after upgrade to 13.04

[Mino]

Hi!
I just upgrade ubuntu to 13.04 (from 12.10) and the VPN PPTP stop working with the message:

The VPN Connection 'VPN Connection 1' failed because the VPN service failed to start

I uninstall and reinstall all network-pptp package.
I deleted the keyrin in .gnome2/keyrings/

The syslog:

Code:
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 17282
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: init (1)
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> VPN connection 'VPN Connection 1' (Connect) reply received.
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <warn> VPN connection 'VPN Connection 1' failed to connect: 'Could not find the pppd binary.'.
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> Policy set 'Auto WIRELESS' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
May 2 17:09:26 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
May 2 17:09:31 xxxxxxxxxxx NetworkManager[14753]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' disappeared

[Mino (raccuia)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mino (raccuia)]

In the meanwhile.. Can I start the service manually?? I need to connect with VPN PPTP...

[M. Q. (michaelq87)]

Please find out a solution that this bug is blocking my work.

[Mikkel Hagen (hagenmt)]

I just got this working on my system. I have ubuntu 13.04 in a vm running on a windows host using virtualbox. I randomly changed the networking this morning from a NATed interface to a bridged interface and I changed the emulated network device from the Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop to the PCnet-FAST III adapter. And tonight I connected with my pptp vpn in the ubuntu vm no problem. I am not sure if one or both of the changes fixed it, but it seems to be working away just fine for the last severl hours and I have even been able to disconnect and reconnect several times.

[Mino (raccuia)]

My is a physical machine and I upgraded from 12.10 Ubuntu. Your vm is a fresh install or upgrade from previous version?

[Mikkel Hagen (hagenmt)]

It was a fresh install

[M. Q. (michaelq87)]

Someone has found any solution?

[Andreas (mr-pink37)]

Had the same issue with 13.04. I found this thread where someone got it working by compiling pppd-2.4.3. manually:

http://www.plugout.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=377&start=20#p3522

I downloaded 2.4.5 from http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Communications/Telephony/ppp-14015.shtml

Works fine!

[Mino (raccuia)]

Thanks!! Works fine!!

[Tim Fountain (tfountain)]

Same issue for me when I try and connect to my PPTP VPN. The error in syslog is "Could not find the pppd binary.". Tried reinstalling the pptp packages but no difference. Worked fine in 12.10.

[RJ Hsiao (rjhsiao)]

It work fine after I purge the following package and re-install them:
network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome ppp pppconfig pppoeconf pptp-linux

[RJ Hsiao (rjhsiao)]

Oh, I forgot to say that my Ubuntu version is 13.04 x64

[WRF (wrfrancis)]

Same problem here, fresh install of network manager and ppp fixed it.

[Geek (goodbye-bluesky90)]

please see this:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+question/254531