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network-manager package

Zesty : VPN connections appear grayed out - impossible to launch VPN connection from nm-applet

Bug #1679623 reported by Louis Bouchard on 2017-04-04

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

nm-applet display each configured VPN connection as greyed out so it is impossible to launch any of the openVPN connection from the network indicator.

It is still possible to enable the VPN connection using :

$ nmcli conn up {VPN}

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: network-manager 1.4.4-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-14.16-generic 4.10.3
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Tue Apr 4 12:45:27 2017
IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-27 (281 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
NetworkManager.conf:
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=false
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=false
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
running 1.4.4 connecting starting none enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

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Louis Bouchard (louis) wrote on 2017-04-04:

CRDA.txt Edit (426 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpRoute.txt Edit (595 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (762 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (110.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.br0.100.txt Edit (377 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.br0.200.txt Edit (377 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.enp0s25.txt Edit (812 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.enp0s25.100.txt Edit (404 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.enp0s25.200.txt Edit (404 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.lo.txt Edit (248 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.tun0.txt Edit (330 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.virbr0.txt Edit (373 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.virbr0-nic.txt Edit (368 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.wlo1.txt Edit (968 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (172 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (112 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (140.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nmcli-con.txt Edit (10.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nmcli-dev.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2018-02-13:

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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