VPN Connection not added...
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Craig Box |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-
I'm not entirely sure this is a problem with network-
Running Kubuntu 6.10 with:
knetworkmanager (0.1-0ubuntu1)
network-manager (0.6.3-2ubuntu6)
network-
network-
When creating a new PPTP VPN connection from KNetworkmanager in "Create VPN Connection - 2 of 2" if you do not select a type from the drop downbox the VPN connection is not actually created. After finishing the creation process the VPN connection you "created" will appear in the VPN connections window...until you close it. The next time you open the VPN connections dialog the VPN connection will be gone.
This is fine, but there is not error reported or anything telling you that you must choose a type. The Create VPN Connection - 2 of 2 page has all the tabs to setup a "Windows VPN (PPTP)" but it doesn't actually have that selected in type.
I've noticed that if you try to create another VPN right after creating a blank one then there is only one tab in page 2 of the configuration (the Connections tab where you select the type). The other tabs are hidden.
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I'd like to confirm this bug. I've tried many times to configure a VPN through this "wizard" supplied by network- manager- gnome, but it always disappears when you return to the "VPN Connections" window.
I am running Kubuntu Feisty with network-manager, network- manager- gnome, and network- manager- pptp all loaded and at their most recent versions as of this writing (2007-05-13).
Another odd fact is that in the "Create VPN Connection - 2 of 2" window, "Requires existing network connection" is always greyed out, and the "Type" selector is blank until you pick something (in my case " Windows VPN" - note leading space character). At the end, in the "finish creating" window, there is often nothing listed unless I go back through the windows again, re-select " Windows VPN" and undo a bunch of wrong settings that have suddenly appeared. In no case does whatever I've configured end up listed in the VPN Connections window.
Presently I'm using kvpnc, because it actually works for me, but I had to go out and find it via "Google". The method of configuring VPN supplied by default in Feisty really needs to be functional.