network manager doesn't allow to add vpn
Bug #262347 reported by
cornbread
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
In network manager Intrepid I click VPN Connections -> Configure VPN and in that window it will not allow me to add (the add button is greyed out)
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Confirmed here (with network-manager 0.7~~svn2008081 8t061112+ eni0-0ubuntu1 on Intrepid) - there is a VPN entry in NM applet menu which leads to the VPN connections dialog, but the Add button is disabled. Also, in ~/.xsession-errors it shows some messages:
(nm-connection- editor: 6332): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_hash_ table_foreach: assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed list_new: failed to load VPN plugins: Couldn't read VPN .name files directory /etc/NetworkMan ager/VPN.
** Message: nm_connection_
** (nm-connection- editor: 6332): WARNING **: No connections defined
(and /etc/NetworkMan ager/VPN indeed doesn't exist). Probably this is because no NM VPN packages are installed; so it's more a usability problem?
I think NM applet shouldn't display the VPN menu entry if no VPN packages are installed (similar to NM 0.6 behavior). The VPN connection dialog would still be accessible through other way, though, so it would need at least some explanation or help text to tell the user how to install VPN packages (like "go to Applications -> Add/Remove -> install 'VPN Connection Manager (OpenVPN)' or 'VPN Connection Manager (PPP generic)'.").
Much better would be of course to extend the VPN dialog to install these packages directly (similar to Samba installation when trying to share a folder).