network manager should clarify how to use vpn feature
Bug #395310 reported by
Craig Hansen
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #277496: NM applet should inform the user that additional packages are required for VPN.
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Bug Description
After a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04, the network manager does not enable the VPN options, though they appear in the "Network Connections" window as a tab. Clicking on the tab should, instead of displaying a blank window with all buttons greyed out, should have a message in the empty window saying that optional packages such as "openvpn" or "vpnc" need to be installed to enable this feature.
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| Maarten Bosmans (mkbosmans) wrote | #1 |
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Yeah, it really baffled me to see the VPN tab with all buttons greyed out. Looks like me as a usability nightmare for novice users.
In my case I needed to install network-
Bug #277496 is the report for network-