knetworkmanager and plasmoid

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 09/14/2010 05:34 PM, Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:23:26 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
>> On 09/14/2010 05:20 PM, Eli Wapniarski wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 19:52:58 Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>> On 09/14/2010 12:39 PM, Eli Wapniarski wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:35:54 Michael J Gruber wrote:
>>>>>> Eli Wapniarski venit, vidit, dixit 14.09.2010 08:04:
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm having a problem with knetworkmanager... the regular applet and
>>>>>>> the plasmoid.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I cannot seem to find a way to connect to vpn using the applet and
>>>>>>> currently am forced to log out of kde and go to gnome when I need to
>>>>>>> access the vpn connection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone know if I need to configure something? Is there a
>>>>>>> previous bug report?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can only say the plasmoid works perfectly with KDE 4.5.1 from
>>>>>> kde-testing, and that includes WPA2 Enterprise with certificates as
>>>>>> well as VPN via vpnc (no hybrid auth, no unpatched networkmananger
>>>>>> does hybrid right now).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In fact, I find the 4.5.1 plasmoid the best experience so far compared
>>>>>> to nm-applet and knetworkmannager.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In any case, that issue is fixed already and only needs to come to
>>>>>> regular fedora updates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using
>>>>>
>>>>> kde-plasma-networkmanagement-0.9-0.22.20100830.fc13.kde45.x86_64
>>>>> kdenetwork-4.5.1-0.1.fc13.x86_64
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not see anyway to connect to vpn using either nm-applet or the
>>>>> plasmoid
>>>>
>>>> You may need to install one of
>>>> knetworkmanager-openvpn
>>>> knetworkmanager-vpnc
>>>
>>> I have installed
>>>
>>> knetworkmanager-openvpn-0.9-0.22.20100830.fc13.kde45.x86_64
>>> knetworkmanager-vpnc-0.9-0.22.20100830.fc13.kde45.x86_64
>>
>> I can create a pre-shared key openvpn config but run into this bug when
>> I try to activate it.
>>
>>
>>
>>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605708
>>
>
> I just am unable to find a menu item that says connect to vpn


Using the plasmoid, click the Manage Connections button -> VPN tab -> 
Add Button.




>
> Eli
>