FYI

Similarly, (even though I don't know what PPTP is 
- only that I can't understand how to get a wired 
connection to a router with intrepid) -----

I have now given up on Intrepid and am starting 
my Linux experience with Hardy.

"bim"




At 2008/11/22 15:32, you wrote:
>I'm so desperate, that I just installed Jaunty Alpha 1 to see if there's
>any improvement in network-manager-pptp; Jaunty has the same piece of
>feces network-manager-pptp 0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu3 . Please
>pardon my colorful language, but this is unacceptable. I did some poking
>around on debian.org, and I see that even Debian EXPERIMENTAL, which is
>out there beyond UNSTABLE, has network-manager-pptp 0.6.6, not 0.7 !! I
>give up. I'll keep the Jaunty Alpha 1 on a non-critical machine, and
>keep an eye on what happens, if anything, with network-manager-pptp in
>Jaunty. But at this point, I'm not holding my breath.
>
>--
>Network Manager unable to connect to PPTP VPN (bad NT-Domain escaping)
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259168
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>of the bug.
>
>Status in “network-manager-pptp” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>Status in “pptp-linux” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>Status in network-manager-pptp in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Committed
>Status in pptp-linux in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
>
>Bug description:
>To verify:
>  1. check that you cannot connect to pptp and 
> you are using a NT-Domain in the conncetion config
>  2. verify that this is your bug: leave the 
> NT-Domain field empty; instead encode it in username like:
>       NT_DOMAIN\USERNAME (e.g. mydomain\myuser)
>  3. upgrade to fixed package and see that it works without the trick in 2.
>
>
>Binary package hint: network-manager-pptp
>
>Package version: 0.7~~svn20080818t061112-0ubuntu1~nm1~hardy1
>uname -a: Linux jim-d620 2.6.24-19-generic #1 
>SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>
>I am testing the SVN version of network-manager 
>0.7. I am attempting to connect to my employer's 
>Windows PPTP VPN. Each time I try, the 
>connection fails, displaying a pop-up message 
>that says: The VPN connection 'Connection Name' 
>failed because the VPN service stopped unexpectedly.
>
>The relevant section of /var/log/syslog is:
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
><info>  Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'...
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
><info>  VPN service 
>'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' started 
>(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 16601
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
><info>  VPN service 
>'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating connections
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
><info>  VPN service 
>'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating connections
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
>nm_vpn_connection_activate: assertion 
>`nm_vpn_connection_get_vpn_state (connection) == 
>NM_VPN_CONNECTION_STATE_PREPARE' failed
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 3
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: Plugin 
>/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: Using interface ppp1
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: Connect: ppp1 <--> /dev/pts/1
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 pptp[16603]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 log[main:pptp.c:267]: The 
>synchronous pptp option is NOT activated
>Aug 18 15:15:13 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
><info>  VPN connection 'Connection Name' (Connect) reply received.
>Aug 18 15:15:15 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control 
>packet type is 1 'Start-Control-Connection-Request'
>Aug 18 15:15:16 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:738]: Received Start Control Connection Reply
>Aug 18 15:15:16 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:772]: Client connection established.
>Aug 18 15:15:16 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control 
>packet type is 7 'Outgoing-Call-Request'
>Aug 18 15:15:17 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:857]: Received Outgoing Call Reply.
>Aug 18 15:15:17 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:896]: Outgoing call 
>established (call ID 0, peer's call ID 11881).
>Aug 18 15:15:18 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:949]: PPTP_SET_LINK_INFO received from peer_callid 0
>Aug 18 15:15:18 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:952]:   send_accm is 00000000, recv_accm is FFFFFFFF
>Aug 18 15:15:18 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>warn[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:955]: Non-zero Async 
>Control Character Maps are not supported!
>Aug 18 15:15:19 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:949]: PPTP_SET_LINK_INFO received from peer_callid 0
>Aug 18 15:15:19 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:952]:   send_accm is FFFFFFFF, recv_accm is FFFFFFFF
>Aug 18 15:15:19 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>warn[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:955]: Non-zero Async 
>Control Character Maps are not supported!
>Aug 18 15:15:19 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: LCP 
>terminated by peer (wM-(?"^@<M-Mt^@^@^BM-3)
>Aug 18 15:15:19 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:911]: Received Call Clear Request.
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: Connection terminated.
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: Modem hangup
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pptp[16603]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>warn[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:197]: short read (-1): Input/output error
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pptp[16603]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>warn[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:209]: pppd may have shutdown, see pppd log
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:231]: Closing connection (unhandled)
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control 
>packet type is 12 'Call-Clear-Request'
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pptp[16607]: 
>nm-pptp-service-16601 
>log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:78]: Closing connection (call state)
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 pppd[16602]: Exit.
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 6
>Aug 18 15:15:22 jim-d620 NetworkManager: 
><WARN>  connection_state_changed(): Could not 
>process the request because no VPN connection was active.
>
>My internet connection is via a Sierra AC 595 
>PCMCIA aircard, which is managed by Network 
>Manager and seems to work fine. The VPN 
>connection worked using wired and wireless 
>connections and NM 0.6.6. I switched to 0.7 
>because I couldn't use the VPN with the aircard 
>under 0.6.6, I think because of this bug: 
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/145107