@geez your first para is exactly what I have seen. No problem with clean install of 18.04, but there were problems with an system upgraded from 17.10. My comment about the upgraded system was ambiguous, it is on a system upgraded from 17.10 that I see the problem. My suggestion is that is the upgrader that takes the system from 17.10 to 18.04 that is the problem, in not installing those packages.
You have misread my comment on the packages to check. They are network- manager-pptp-gnome and network-manager-openvpn-gnome. On my system upgraded from 17.10 these were not installed (I don't know whether they were on 17.10). When you say everything works as expected is that on the system upgraded from 17.10 which is showing this bug? In which case I don't understand. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-pptp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725779 Title: Gnome network manager cannot find authentication binary Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager-ssh package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager-vpnc package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: From logs: Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7424] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d" name="Library" pid=2510 uid=1000 result="success" Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7473] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 6934 Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7518] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection Oct 21 13:54:03 V gnome-shell[2510]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary) Oct 21 13:54:03 V gnome-shell[2510]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary) Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <error> [1508608443.7698] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were available for t his request. Oct 21 13:54:03 V NetworkManager[5935]: <info> [1508608443.7708] vpn-connection[0x55e8f7b612f0,71868b90-3a57-4fee-9933-bf7c9b22d44d,"Library",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: network-manager-pptp-gnome 1.2.4-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sat Oct 21 14:07:06 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-pptp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/1725779/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
