Openvpn Configuration/Access Issue

[Stephen Morris]

On 26/02/16 08:42, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 02/25/2016 01:35 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>      I am trying to my vpn service provider using instructions they
>> provide for Ubuntu Mint as the only information they provide for Linux.
>> When I go into Networkmanager and create a new Openvpn connection and
>> try to connect to it, I get a popup saying the connection failed and one
>> of the messages seems to be indicating that I am missing a plugin.
>>
>>      As far as I can see I have every Networkmanager vpn plugin
>> installed, so I am at a loss trying to understand the message. Is
>> anybody able to shed any light on what/where I need to look to try to
>> identify what the connection issues are?
>
> Please include the EXACT error message you're getting. It may not be
> a NetworkMangler plugin you're missing--rather an openvpn module or
> OpenSSL module.
Below is all the messages appearing in the notification dialog when the 
connection fails, in the order they are displayed from top to bottom.

Failed to activate connection
Device failed
Failed to deactivate connection
Connection updated
Missing VPN plugin
Failed to update connection
Connection removed
Connection added
Failed to remove connection
Failed to get secrets
Connection deactivated
Connection activated
Failed to add connection
Failed to request scan

regards,
Steve

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