Network indicator incorrectly claims no network available, VPN no longer working

[Michi Henning]

I'm not sure whether this is the right project...

I did an apt-get upgrade on my vivid machine last week. Since then, my previously working VPN setup no longer works (both new and old VPN).

Symptoms:

- After rebooting and logging in and clicking on the up-down arrow icon, I see "No network devices available". That is definitely wrong, seeing that, as a matter of fact, I'm on my ethernet, and it's working fine. (I'm typing this on the affected machine.)

- Since the reboot, my previously working VPN config is toast. I had both the old and the two new VPNs configured and working fine. Now, when I click on "VPN Connections", none of the previously configured networks are there. It's as if I had never configured anything.

I figured I'll try re-adding the missing VPN config, but no joy. After re-adding a connection from my saved .conf file and clicking save, I get an error dialog:

"Connection not visible or not available: Method "GetAll" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't existConnection not visible or not available: Method "GetAll" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist"

I have not hacked around with anything on this machine. No PPAs or the like...

I'd appreciate help with this. Right now, I can't access anything company-internal from that machine.

[Michi Henning (michihenning)]

Sorry, accidental double-paste... The correct error message is:

"Connection not visible or not available: Method "GetAll" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist"

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

sorry michi, this got lost in the NEW queue. the correct project is network-manager-gnome.

[Michi Henning (michihenning)]

Ah, thanks, I didn't know which project was the right one. Unfortunately, I have since re-installed Vivid on that machine so I can no longer reproduce.