Comment 3 for bug 194487

This is definitely NOT an openvpn problem but an openvpn & NetworkManager problem.
If I kill NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher, openvpn runs without any problems:

ovpn-openvpn[11797]: TUN/TAP device tap0 opened
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: ifconfig tap0 172.16.2.142 netmask 255.255.254.0 mtu 1500 broadcast 172.16.3.255
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: PLUGIN_CALL: POST plugins/openvpn-down-root.so/PLUGIN_UP status=0
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: scripts/client.up tap0 1500 1590 172.16.2.142 255.255.254.0 init
avahi-daemon[6859]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface tap0.IPv4 with address 172.16.2.142.
avahi-daemon[6859]: New relevant interface tap0.IPv4 for mDNS.
avahi-daemon[6859]: Registering new address record for 172.16.2.142 on tap0.IPv4.
avahi-daemon[6859]: Withdrawing address record for 172.16.2.142 on tap0.
avahi-daemon[6859]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface tap0.IPv4 with address 172.16.2.142.
avahi-daemon[6859]: Interface tap0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
avahi-daemon[6859]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface tap0.IPv4 with address 172.16.2.142.
avahi-daemon[6859]: New relevant interface tap0.IPv4 for mDNS.
avahi-daemon[6859]: Registering new address record for 172.16.2.142 on tap0.IPv4.
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: route add -net 130.60.230.177 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 192.168.1.1
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 172.16.3.254
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 172.16.3.254
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: chroot to '/etc/openvpn' and cd to '/' succeeded
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: GID set to daemon
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: UID set to nobody
ovpn-openvpn[11797]: Initialization Sequence Completed