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Networkmanager Open-VPN will not connect after update.

31 October 2020, 22:53:58

Hi all. My VPN no longer connects in networkmanager. Tried downgrading networkmanager and networkmanager-openvpn, no luck. The error I get is "the IP config of the VPN connection was invalid" it has worked for months and I did not change anything with it. I can connect just fine on a machine that I did not do the upgrade on. Anyone else having issues or got any ideas?  .Thanks

Re: Networkmanager Open-VPN will not connect after update.

Reply #1 – 01 November 2020, 18:02:19

I Downgraded openvpn and that did the trick. Maybe a bug or something.

Re: Networkmanager Open-VPN will not connect after update.

Reply #2 – 01 November 2020, 22:36:06

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/68480
https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/commit/e3e9b45fb62e267bea0fa7bc6077e2c162749e2f#diff-3e341d2d9c67be01819b25b25d5e53ea3cdf3a38d28846cda85a195eb9b7203a

https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/ more info about new release

Re: Networkmanager Open-VPN will not connect after update.

Reply #3 – 03 November 2020, 02:07:22

Ahh.. That would explain it. Thanks.

Re: Networkmanager Open-VPN will not connect after update.

Reply #4 – 06 November 2020, 09:25:52

This might sound stupid but anytime I upgrade the system you should be careful about the kernel. If there is a kernel upgrade you should reboot your machine otherwise openvpn  is never going to work. It happens to me frequently.

Re: Networkmanager Open-VPN will not connect after update.

Reply #5 – 06 November 2020, 11:33:20

new version use dedicated user with capabilities
https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/commit/3da0f77eeae1e7bd5e877fe183ca67fc20101ad3#diff-3e341d2d9c67be01819b25b25d5e53ea3cdf3a38d28846cda85a195eb9b7203a

please try/test it