Problem with VPN kde-plasma-networkmanagement

[Rex Dieter]

On 03/14/2011 05:07 AM, Morten Slott Hansen wrote:
> Paul Scott<paulsscott at ...>  writes:
>
>>
>> I can no longer connect to a my work VPN. I notice that the
>> knetworkmanager-* rpms have recently been replaced by
>> kde-plasma-networkmanagement-* and I wonder if the new version has
>> caused the problem. It used to work just fine.
>>
>> The error message is below - "No VPN secrets!" I have checked the
>> wallet and the password has been saved there correctly. I have tried
>> deleting the VPN connection and creating a new one, but this has not
>> fixed the problem. I have also tried deleting old entries from the
>> wallet.
>>
>> Anyone else having the same problem?
>>
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  Starting VPN
>> service 'pptp'...
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN service
>> 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 2301
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN service
>> 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN plugin
>> state changed: 1
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN plugin
>> state changed: 3
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN
>> connection 'Work' (Connect) reply received.
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<warn>  VPN
>> connection 'Work' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-lapto NetworkManager[1195]:<warn>  error
>> disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN
>> connection was active.
>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  Policy set
>> 'Home' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
>> Mar 13 11:48:36 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN service
>> 'pptp' disappeared
>>
>
>
> I'm running Fedora 14 and I have the exact same problem. From log/messages I can
> see the following:
>
>
> <info>  Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
> <info>  VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID
> 31384
> <info>  VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
> <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 1
> <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 3
> <info>  VPN connection '247e' (Connect) reply received.
> <warn>  VPN connection '247e' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
> <warn>  error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN
> connection was active.
> <info>  Policy set 'Wired' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
>
>
> I can provide further information and testing if needed.

Likely a variant of,
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682972

if you're not storing your wifi passwords in kwallet.

-- Rex