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network-manager-pptp package

  1. Bug #1511330
  2. Activity log

Activity log for bug #1511330

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2015-10-29 11:22:32 R4kk00n bug added bug
2015-10-30 14:39:22 Daniel Ponce bug added subscriber Daniel Ponce
2015-10-30 14:58:53 Launchpad Janitor network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2015-10-30 20:29:45 Alberto Salvia Novella network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2015-11-13 14:27:03 R4kk00n summary PPTP connection does not establish due to something "did not receive a valid configuration" PPTP connection does not establish due to error: "Connection activation failed: the VPN service returned invalid configuration."
2015-11-13 14:30:54 R4kk00n attachment added syslog-snippet.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/1511330/+attachment/4518273/+files/syslog-snippet.txt
2015-11-13 14:36:19 R4kk00n description The PPTP connection in question used to work on Vivid, now it does not connect after an upgrade to Wily. The relevant piece of syslog follows: Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'... Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 7190 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN connection 'Office PPTP' (ConnectInteractive) reply received. Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3) Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: pppd started with pid 7195 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN connection 'Office PPTP' (Connect) reply received. Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.6/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded. Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.6/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded. Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (plugin_init): initializing Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: pppd 2.4.6 started by root, uid 0 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 3 / phase 'serial connection' Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/12 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: nm_device_get_device_type: assertion 'NM_IS_DEVICE (self)' failed Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> (ppp0): new Generic device (carrier: UNKNOWN, driver: 'unknown', ifindex: 8) Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/12 Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 5 / phase 'establish' Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia pptp[7199]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[main:pptp.c:350]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0) Oct 29 14:03:45 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found. Oct 29 14:03:46 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:259]: Sent control packet type is 1 'Start-Control-Connection-Request' Oct 29 14:03:46 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:781]: Received Start Control Connection Reply Oct 29 14:03:46 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:815]: Client connection established. Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:259]: Sent control packet type is 7 'Outgoing-Call-Request' Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:900]: Received Outgoing Call Reply. Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:939]: Outgoing call established (call ID 43272, peer's call ID 251). Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 6 / phase 'authenticate' Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (get_credentials): passwd-hook, requesting credentials... Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (get_credentials): got credentials from NetworkManager-pptp Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: CHAP authentication succeeded Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: CHAP authentication succeeded Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 8 / phase 'network' Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled Oct 29 14:03:47 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: local IP address 192.168.17.35 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: remote IP address 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: primary DNS address 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: secondary DNS address 8.8.4.4 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN connection 'Office PPTP' (IP4 Config Get) reply received from old-style plugin. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN Gateway: 217.13.222.44 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Tunnel Device: ppp0 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> IPv4 configuration: Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Internal Address: 192.168.17.35 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Internal Prefix: 32 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Internal Point-to-Point Address: 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Static Route: 172.16.16.0/20 Next Hop: 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Static Route: 192.168.17.0/24 Next Hop: 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Static Route: 172.16.32.0/22 Next Hop: 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Forbid Default Route: yes Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Internal DNS: 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> Internal DNS: 8.8.4.4 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> DNS Domain: '(none)' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> No IPv6 configuration Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: started (4) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <warn> platform-linux: do-add-ip4-route: failure adding ip4-route '8: 172.16.16.0/20 1': Unspecific failure (1) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <warn> platform-linux: do-add-ip4-route: failure adding ip4-route '8: 172.16.32.0/22 1': Unspecific failure (1) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <warn> platform-linux: do-add-ip4-route: failure adding ip4-route '8: 192.168.17.0/24 1': Unspecific failure (1) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <warn> VPN connection 'Office PPTP' did not receive valid IP config information. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Terminating on signal 15 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Connect time 0.0 minutes. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Sent 124 bytes, received 94 bytes. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: local IP address 192.168.17.35 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: remote IP address 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: primary DNS address 192.168.17.1 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: secondary DNS address 8.8.4.4 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 9 / phase 'running' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_ip_up): ip-up event Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_ip_up): sending Ip4Config to NetworkManager-pptp... Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: MPPE disabled Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Child process /usr/sbin/pptp 217.13.222.44 --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 0 --logstring nm-pptp-service-7190 (pid 7197) terminated with signal 15 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: PPTP service (IP Config Get) reply received. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: Terminated ppp daemon with PID 7195. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Terminating on signal 15 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 10 / phase 'terminate' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 8 / phase 'network' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Connect time 0.0 minutes. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Sent 124 bytes, received 94 bytes. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: MPPE disabled Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 10 / phase 'terminate' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 5 / phase 'establish' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 5 / phase 'establish' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Child process /usr/sbin/pptp 217.13.222.44 --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 0 --logstring nm-pptp-service-7190 (pid 7197) terminated with signal 15 Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[pptp_read_some:pptp_ctrl.c:586]: read returned zero, peer has closed Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:269]: Closing connection (shutdown) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:259]: Sent control packet type is 12 'Call-Clear-Request' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[pptp_read_some:pptp_ctrl.c:586]: read returned zero, peer has closed Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pptp[7217]: nm-pptp-service-7190 log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:84]: Closing connection (call state) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Connection terminated. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia avahi-daemon[802]: Withdrawing workstation service for ppp0. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 11 / phase 'disconnect' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: Connection terminated. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0) Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <warn> (ppp0): failed to disable userspace IPv6LL address handling Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_phasechange): status 1 / phase 'dead' Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia pppd[7195]: Exit. Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** Message: nm-pptp-ppp-plugin: (nm_exit_notify): cleaning up Oct 29 14:03:48 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: ** (nm-pptp-service:7190): WARNING **: pppd exited with error code 5 Oct 29 14:04:08 monkey-mafia NetworkManager[876]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' disappeared I'd say that piece of IP config looks valid to me ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: network-manager-pptp 0.9.10.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Oct 29 14:07:01 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-20 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: network-manager-pptp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) The PPTP connection in question used to work on Vivid, now it does not connect after an upgrade to Wily. That error description in the title comes from nmcli; it looks somewhat different in the notification popup The relevant piece of syslog is in the attached syslog-snippet.txt I'd say that the IP config as stated in the log looks valid to me ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: network-manager-pptp 0.9.10.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Oct 29 14:07:01 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-20 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: network-manager-pptp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)