Comment 9 for bug 346768

Thomas C., your method doesn't work for me. The error message is exactly the same:

Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'...
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 10579
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating connections
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'vpn-server' (Connect) reply received.
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN connection 'vpn-server' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Nov 12 00:08:45 T61 NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS.
Nov 12 00:08:46 T61 NetworkManager: <debug> [1258013326.001216] ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 10577 to exit
Nov 12 00:08:46 T61 NetworkManager: <debug> [1258013326.001385] ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 10577 cleaned up
Nov 12 00:08:57 T61 NetworkManager: <debug> [1258013337.002928] ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 10579 to exit
Nov 12 00:08:57 T61 NetworkManager: <debug> [1258013337.003089] ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 10579 cleaned up