knetworkmanager and plasmoid

[Eli Wapniarski]

On Tuesday 14 September 2010 22:44:09 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> 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.
> 

I already have a vpn connection configured.

Eli

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