Comment 88 for bug 1297849
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| psylem (subnetjet) wrote Re: Virtual private network connection fails after distribution upgrade due to outdated Network Manager configuration files | #88 |
I have this same issue on 14.10, it doesn't only impact VPN connections. Just try creating a WiFi connection with "All users may connect to this network" unchecked. In that case NetworkManager will attempt to access the Gnome Keyring security agent and fail for some unknown reason. This is where the problem lies.
In my case there is no need to delete that %gconf.xml file. Logging out and then in again allows NetworkManager to talk to my Login keyring correctly and everything just works again.
Not using Unity also works, or rather using Gnome (any of the Gnome desktop options after installing the gnome package).
Look at the last post on this thread, this provided me with the best clues as to where to look for what is going on here... http://
Suggests there may be an issue with consolekit, what ever that may be. But that could be a red herring. The Debian bug report listed goes into more details about possible workarounds, none of which seemed applicable as the consolekit startx configuration required to work around that issue seems to already be in place in 14.10.
All I can say for certain is that NetworkManager can't talk to my Login keyring (even though there is nothing in there). Any ideas on how to decouple the Gnome Keyring dependancy entirely? I don't store passwords in the thing anyway.