network-manager-pptp conflicts with network-manager

[Mark Edgington]

In a recent upgrade (using the hardy-dell-mini-proposed source), the network-manager-pptp package was removed from my system due to a conflict with the new network-manager package.

Therefore, with the current state, use of PPTP VPN connections with network manager is not possible.

(it was, however, working prior to the update)

[Mark Edgington (edgimar)]

Temporary workaround until the dell repository gets fixed:

First download/install:
https://launchpad.net/%7Enetwork-manager/+archive/ppa/+files/libnm-util1_0.7-0ubuntu2~nm1~hardy3_lpia.deb

Then download/install:
https://launchpad.net/%7Enetwork-manager/+archive/ppa/+files/network-manager-pptp_0.7-0ubuntu1~nm1~hardy1_lpia.deb

[Mark Edgington (edgimar)]

oops-- installing those two packages isn't enough - there are a couple others which also must be updated -- the easiest solution is to just add

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

as a software source, update, and install network-manager-pptp via synaptic.

This does work...

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

The package network-manager-pptp in the current repository is still based on the 0.6.x branch. This is incompatible with version network-manager 0.7 that came with the recent upgrade (again, in the proposed repository). The version of network-manager 0.7 now provided is a simple backport from intrepid.

So the simplest way to fix this problem is to do a recompile in hardy for the mini of the network-manager-pptp from source taken from intrepid (a working deb is attached). This is simpler than the solution proposed above, since it does not requires to install custom, not official versions of network-manager from external repositories (it's only 1 deb).

(Coincidentally, the same solution was suggested to solve bug #357525, to update network-manager-vpnc to the 0.7 branch)

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

This should be pushed ASAP since it prevents many users from connecting trough VPN-PPTP.

[gulmarg (rohitkaul)]

I installed the above deb on dell mini 12. It installs okay, but does not work with the previous vpn connection setup. I tried playing with different options, but was not successful in creating a new MS vpn connection that works. Without vpn access to my office, the functionality of this netbook is severely limited. Fortunately, through a series of uninstalling some programs and force installing old versions, I am back to old network-manager, network-manager-gnome and pptp... which works.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Gulmarg,

When you create a new connection, what is the error message you are getting?

Do you have pptp-linux installed? (to check in terminal: sudo apt-get install pptp-linux).

Thanks,
Nick.

[gulmarg (rohitkaul)]

As I mentioned, I had to roll back the changes, anyway to clarify:

1. Installed pptp packages on new dell mini 12 and connection to MS vpn works fine.
2. Recent software updates removes network-manager-pptp.
3. Install: network-manager-pptp_0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1.8.04.1~hardy1_lpia.deb
    from above. It does not work. Does not accept my old vpn configuration. New configuration(s) do not work either - "connection failed".
4. Revert back the packages to an older version (results in uninstalling a couple of programs, which have to re-installed as older version as well, and in right order). Now, my old vpn configuration works fine as before. No more errors.

Current packages (vpn working):
pptp-linux 1.7.0-2ubuntu2
network-manager-pptp 0.6.5+svnhead2574-0ubuntu1
network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
network-manager-gnome 0.6.6-0ubuntu3.1
libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5

Thanks.