Please see below for updated logs regarding the issue, from the VPN start to it's timeout.
1 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621713.5396] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="$uuid" name="$vpn_name" pid=28504 uid=1000 result="success" 2 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621713.5457] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 28510 3 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621713.5583] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection 4 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621713.5967] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: starting (3) 5 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621713.5968] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN connection: (ConnectInteractive) reply rec 6 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: OpenVPN 2.4.0 [git:master/d73f7253d939e293+] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on May 22 2017 7 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2k 26 Jan 2017, LZO 2.08 8 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 9 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 10 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 11 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 12 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 13 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: chroot will be delayed because of --client, --pull, or --up-delay 14 Jun 04 19:15:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: UID/GID downgrade will be delayed because of --client, --pull, or --up-delay 15 Jun 04 19:15:15 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 16 Jun 04 19:15:15 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 17 Jun 04 19:15:15 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 18 Jun 04 19:15:16 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 19 Jun 04 19:15:16 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 20 Jun 04 19:15:21 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621721.8481] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 21 Jun 04 19:15:21 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 22 Jun 04 19:15:21 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 23 Jun 04 19:15:21 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 24 Jun 04 19:15:21 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 25 Jun 04 19:15:21 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 26 Jun 04 19:15:23 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 27 Jun 04 19:15:23 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 28 Jun 04 19:15:23 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 29 Jun 04 19:15:24 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 30 Jun 04 19:15:24 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 31 Jun 04 19:15:29 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621729.7477] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 32 Jun 04 19:15:29 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 33 Jun 04 19:15:29 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 34 Jun 04 19:15:29 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 35 Jun 04 19:15:29 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 36 Jun 04 19:15:29 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 37 Jun 04 19:15:31 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 38 Jun 04 19:15:31 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 39 Jun 04 19:15:31 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 40 Jun 04 19:15:32 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 41 Jun 04 19:15:32 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 42 Jun 04 19:15:37 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621737.7231] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 43 Jun 04 19:15:37 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 44 Jun 04 19:15:37 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 45 Jun 04 19:15:37 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 46 Jun 04 19:15:37 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 47 Jun 04 19:15:37 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 48 Jun 04 19:15:39 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 49 Jun 04 19:15:39 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 50 Jun 04 19:15:39 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 51 Jun 04 19:15:40 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 52 Jun 04 19:15:40 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 53 Jun 04 19:15:45 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621745.5380] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 54 Jun 04 19:15:45 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 55 Jun 04 19:15:45 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 56 Jun 04 19:15:45 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 57 Jun 04 19:15:45 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 58 Jun 04 19:15:45 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 59 Jun 04 19:15:47 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 60 Jun 04 19:15:47 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 61 Jun 04 19:15:47 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 62 Jun 04 19:15:48 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 63 Jun 04 19:15:48 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 64 Jun 04 19:15:53 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621753.4227] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 65 Jun 04 19:15:53 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 66 Jun 04 19:15:53 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 67 Jun 04 19:15:53 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 68 Jun 04 19:15:53 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 69 Jun 04 19:15:53 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 70 Jun 04 19:15:55 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 71 Jun 04 19:15:55 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 72 Jun 04 19:15:55 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 73 Jun 04 19:15:56 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 74 Jun 04 19:15:56 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 75 Jun 04 19:16:01 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621761.5015] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 76 Jun 04 19:16:01 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 77 Jun 04 19:16:01 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 78 Jun 04 19:16:01 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 79 Jun 04 19:16:01 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 80 Jun 04 19:16:01 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 81 Jun 04 19:16:03 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 82 Jun 04 19:16:03 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 83 Jun 04 19:16:03 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 84 Jun 04 19:16:04 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED 85 Jun 04 19:16:04 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting 86 Jun 04 19:16:09 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621769.3185] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect ( 87 Jun 04 19:16:09 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 88 Jun 04 19:16:09 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 89 Jun 04 19:16:09 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]$ip 90 Jun 04 19:16:09 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link local: (not bound) 91 Jun 04 19:16:09 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]$ip 92 Jun 04 19:16:12 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' 93 Jun 04 19:16:12 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' 94 Jun 04 19:16:12 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: [$server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]$ip 95 Jun 04 19:16:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <warn> [1496621773.9558] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN connection: connect timeout exceeded. 96 Jun 04 19:16:13 $hostname nm-openvpn[28513]: SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting 97 Jun 04 19:16:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <warn> [1496621773.9635] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: failed: connect-failed (1) 98 Jun 04 19:16:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621773.9636] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopping (5) 99 Jun 04 19:16:13 $hostname NetworkManager[531]: <info> [1496621773.9636] vpn-connection[0x5639c894a360,$uuid,"$vpn_name",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6) Regards, Prescott -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Bug#863110: openvpn: VPN remains connected, but network is unreachable after 30-45 min and requires reconnect Local Time: May 25, 2017 8:20 PM UTC Time: May 26, 2017 1:20 AM From: presc...@hidalgo-monroy.com To: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta <a...@inittab.org>, 863...@bugs.debian.org <863...@bugs.debian.org> It seemed to take longer (almost exactly an hour since starting the VPN), but the issue came back up. This was the only message in the logs: May 25 20:11:51 $hostname nm-openvpn[26356]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' May 25 20:11:51 $hostname nm-openvpn[26356]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' Regards, Prescott -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Bug#863110: openvpn: VPN remains connected, but network is unreachable after 30-45 min and requires reconnect Local Time: May 25, 2017 5:03 AM UTC Time: May 25, 2017 10:03 AM From: a...@inittab.org To: Prescott Hidalgo-Monroy <presc...@hidalgo-monroy.com> 863...@bugs.debian.org <863...@bugs.debian.org> Hi, could you test this using a wired connection? On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:25:16PM -0400, Prescott Hidalgo-Monroy wrote: > Despite the update to 2.4.0-6, I'm still experiencing the same issue as > before. > > The only information could find are from these errors from the syslog. It > took approximately 15-20 minutes for the display to shut off for power saving > (19:57), based off of the first error message. > > May 23 20:15:35 $hostname kernel: [ 1399.479807] perf: interrupt took too > long (2515 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79500 > May 23 20:25:26 $hostname kernel: [ 1989.911138] perf: interrupt took too > long (3145 > 3143), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63500 > May 23 20:34:46 $hostname wpa_supplicant[639]: wlan0: > CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN > May 23 20:34:47 $hostname wpa_supplicant[639]: dbus: > wpa_dbus_get_object_properties: failed to get object properties: > (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed) failed to parse RSN IE > May 23 20:34:47 $hostname wpa_supplicant[639]: dbus: Failed to construct > signal > May 23 20:38:03 $hostname kernel: [ 2747.578044] perf: interrupt took too > long (3936 > 3931), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50750 > May 23 20:53:10 $hostname nm-openvpn[1242]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used > inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1602', remote='link-mtu 1634' > May 23 20:53:10 $hostname nm-openvpn[1242]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used > inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532' > May 23 20:56:46 $hostname wpa_supplicant[639]: nl80211: > send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 > > The final message is due to the ping I used to test the connection. > > Regards, > > Prescott > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Bug#863110: openvpn: VPN remains connected, but network is > unreachable after 30-45 min and requires reconnect > Local Time: May 22, 2017 8:58 AM > UTC Time: May 22, 2017 1:58 PM > From: a...@inittab.org > To: Prescott <presc...@hidalgo-monroy.com>, 863...@bugs.debian.org > Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 06:40:31PM -0500, Prescott wrote: > > Package: openvpn > > Version: 2.4.0-5 > > Severity: important > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > After the upgrade to openvpn 2.4.0-5 (from *-4), an issue has been > > occuring where after having been connected to the VPN for an > > approximate amount of time of around 30-45 minutes, the network > > connection will drop. NetworkManager continues to state that the VPN > > is currently active, but no network is reachable. The only way to > > restart the VPN network is to bring the connection up again. > > > > As stated before, I am using openvpn through NetworkManger, and use > > nmcli with a configured VPN config file and a separate password file from a > > paid service I > > subscribe to. > > > > Hi, > > Could you try 2.4.0-6 just uploaded to unstable? It fixes an issue that > matches your symptoms. > > Regards, > > Alberto > -- Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta | Formación, consultoría y soporte técnico mailto/sip: a...@inittab.org | en GNU/Linux y software libre Encrypted mail preferred | http://inittab.com Key fingerprint = 5347 CBD8 3E30 A9EB 4D7D 4BF2 009B 3375 6B9A AA55