I just tried using all other openvpn versions: 2.1~rc7-1ubuntu2, 2.1~rc7-1ubuntu1, 2.1~rc4-2 and 2.0.9-8 I always keep getting the same error: avahi-daemon[6859]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.3 on eth1. avahi-daemon[6859]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.3. avahi-daemon[6859]: Interface eth1.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. ovpn-openvpn[10940]: route add -net 130.60.230.177 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 192.168.1.1 ovpn-openvpn[10940]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: shell command exited with error status: 7 ovpn-openvpn[10940]: route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 172.16.3.254 ovpn-openvpn[10940]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: shell command exited with error status: 7 ovpn-openvpn[10940]: route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 172.16.3.254 ovpn-openvpn[10940]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: shell command exited with error status: 7 ovpn-openvpn[10940]: chroot to '/etc/openvpn' and cd to '/' succeeded ovpn-openvpn[10940]: GID set to daemon ovpn-openvpn[10940]: UID set to nobody ovpn-openvpn[10940]: Initialization Sequence Completed ovpn-openvpn[10940]: write UDPv4 []: Network is unreachable (code=101) last message repeated 3 times Saturn avahi-daemon[6859]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::20e:35ff:fe4c:63d7 on eth1. Saturn avahi-daemon[6859]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv6 with address fe80::20e:35ff:fe4c:63d7. Saturn avahi-daemon[6859]: Interface eth1.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS. Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) started... Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Saturn NetworkManager: Old device 'tap0' activating, won't change. Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Beginning DHCP transaction. Saturn dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.tap0.pid with pid 134519072 Saturn NetworkManager: Activation (tap0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Saturn NetworkManager: DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface tap0 Saturn NetworkManager: DHCP daemon state is now 1 (starting) for interface tap0 Saturn dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on tap0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 Saturn ovpn-openvpn[10940]: write UDPv4 []: Network is unreachable (code=101) Saturn NetworkManager: Old device 'tap0' activating, won't change. BUT: openvpn was working previously. A different package seems to break openvpn functionality.