Cannot connect to PPPoE using NetworkManager: Could not find pppoe binary.

[Denilson Sá]

TL;DR: NetworkManager requires "pppoe" package, which was not installed by default in Lubuntu 15.04.

I tried using Network Manager (nm-applet) to configure a PPPoE connection. I can create the connection, but trying to connect to it fails.

The erro message that shows up in a dialog is not helpful at all:

(1) Creating object for path '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/23' failed in libnm-glib.

What is helpful is a message buried in /var/log/syslog:

NetworkManager[713]: <warn> (eth0): PPPoE failed to start: Could not find pppoe binary.

Workaround: apt-get install pppoe.

Desirable solution: pppoe package being a dependency of another package (lubuntu-desktop seems like a good one).

Using Lubuntu 15.04 (upgraded from previous versions). This is the first time configuring a DSL/PPPoE connection in this system.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 15.04 (vivid) reached end-of-life on February 4, 2016.

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