Update from hardy to intrepid looses connection settings

[Foppe Benedictus]

Binary package hint: network-manager-pptp

After upgrading from hardy to intrepid last Tuesday I lost my VPN connection settings. When I tried to use the VPN connection I got the following error:

Oct 13 09:00:56 FUbuntu NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.ppp_starter'...
Oct 13 09:00:56 FUbuntu NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_vpn_service_daemon_exec(): VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.ppp_starter': could not launch the VPN service. error: (8) Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/nm-ppp-starter" (No such file or directory).
Oct 13 09:00:56 FUbuntu NetworkManager: <WARN> impl_manager_activate_connection(): Connection (2) /org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/1 failed to activate: (3) Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/nm-ppp-starter" (No such file or directory)

When I looked at the settings it was totally empty (see attached screenshot, only the name had survived the update) and only had 1 tab in stead of 2.

[Jonathan Harker (jonathanharker)]

I have a similar issue. I upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid and my PPTP VPN connections stopped working. They still don't work. This is BAD (TM)

[as (as-sektor7g)]

confirmed, network-manager-pptp_0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1 is broken on i386

[Basil (basil-fisk)]

I upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid yesterday (Thursday 30/10) and have the same problem.

'Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/nm-ppp-manager" (No such file or directory)'

As a home worker this is causing me real problems. Is a fix likely soon, or should I be using another VPN client?

[roja (roja-me)]

I am in a similar situation to the person above... Real issue for us home-work ubuntu users!

[Basil (basil-fisk)]

Does anyone have any feedback about the status of this bug, as I really am in a position where I have to use a Windows PC to do my VPN work? Sounds like Roja is in a mess too.

Is there any alternative to OpenVPN, or does the issue lie with the network stack under these VPN software products?

Thanks in anticipation :-)

[Nigel Charman (online-charman)]

I suspect this is related to bug 290468 which has received some investigation and has been marked as a high priority. I'm waiting on a fix myself, but have an 8.04 install I can use in the meantime.