Vivid VPN does not connect, "No valid VPN secrets"

[arturpio]

I use VPN in every Ubuntu version, usually pptp type.

Starting with Vivid new problem raised: the connection, which is properly configured and working first time after the fresh OS installation, does not initiate when the computer is rebooted.

Scenario:

- installing Vivid, from scratch
- configuring WiFi access
- connecting to the WiFi
- verifying: everything works fine, including Internet access and browsing
- using right-screen network icon, creating the VPN pptp tunnel
- connecting to the VPN, animated wifi icon runs and connects
- checking : everything works fine

reboot

- reconnecting to the WiFi with the menu icon: ok
- checking : Internet works, everything OK
- clicking on VPN name connection in the network menu in the right, upper side menu icon: nothing happens. There is no usual "connecting" animated icon, the VPN does not starts
- rebooting, restarting network manager, recreating the new VPN under the new name does not solve the problem.

Trying with the nmcli from Terminal au a normal user:

$ nmcli con up vpnname (or sudo nmcli con up vpnname)

nothing happens. After the 90 seconds, there is a time-out message .

Connecting as a root:

root@.... nmcli con up vpnname

instantaneous message : "No valid VPN secrets"

Restarting the network-manager does not solve the problem.

In /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ConnectionName there is a small binary file under the VPN connexion name, it is impossible to edit it.

The same situation occurs with other VPN types; I tried OpenVPN.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[arturpio (arturpio-cyberkit)]

I don't know if it's coming from network-manager, or from something else, I'm not the Linux specialist. All I know, is that it is working some times, and at some another moment, it does not start a connexion at all.

So, in order to know what's happen, I disabled "memorise password" to get a prompt at a start of the VPN. During former 4 weeks, everything worked ok : when I was clicking on the "connect VPN" option, the password window appeared and I was able to connect.

Right now, since 1 week, again, it does not work and I can not connect: when I click on "connect VPM" in the network menu, nothing happen.

It's ultimately annoying...

[arturpio (arturpio-cyberkit)]

after the latest updates, VPN does not launch at all. So - I dont have VPN at all...

(ppp type, native Network Manager configuration, 15.04 Ubuntu version)