Hello,
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Chris Smart <mail(a)christophersmart.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker
<curoli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How do I do that?
>
> On the other machine that I don't have access right now (which
> happens to be a laptop), there is a NetworkManager icon in the upper
> right corner, on the menu bar. Plus, there is a menu item to start or
> setup PPTP (I think it was under Applications - Internet). None of
> these are on this machine.
>
Hmm.. make sure that the NetworkManager service started and the
network service stopped? You can use the Services tool to check. When
you start it, the icon should appear..
Thanks, I stopped network and restarted NetworkManager, and the
NetworkManager icon came back. It even seems to have a simple way to
set up PPTP.
Only: So far the connection always fails, and it does not give me
any details about what it tried to do and how it failed. So I can't
even tell whether it could not reach the server, or whether the
password was wrong, or whether something else was misconfigured. Is
there a way to get any such details from NetworkManager?
Take care
Oliver
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