Cannot add new VPN connection

[Tamas Murati]

I was using Ubuntu 22.04 with VPN with no issues. Now I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04.

When I'm trying to add a new VPN connection (OpenVPN with TLS certificates authentication), the "Add" button is "greyed out". There is absolutely no feedback on the UI which setting is wrong. (Actually there is one feedback, if gateway field is not filled, it turns red.) After endless experimenting, I'm still not able to figure out which setting is wrong. This is really not user-friendly.

What I was able to do as a workaround, is to manually create the yaml file in /etc/netplan folder, and now it's perfectly working. With the UI, I can't edit this connection as the "Apply" button is not clickable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:46.0.1-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-40.40-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 22 14:29:13 2024
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-16 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)