Quoting Neil Perry <npe...@gmail.com>:The matter and bug remains unsolved ,as far as I am concerned the new system is unstable and is unusable on my computer until further development has been undertaken. I have reverted to 9.04 which is working efficiently.Bug 163494 is not the bug I reported bug 484856 refers to my original report.
> We are closing this bug report as there hasn't been any activity. Please > upgrade to the latest release Karmic 9.10 - If this bug is still > reproducible please set Status to New. Thanks > > ** Changed in: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu) > Status: Incomplete => Invalid > > -- > [gutsy] refuses to connect to VPN if ppp0 is already in use > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163494 > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to > NetworkManager. > > Status in NetworkManager: Fix Released > Status in ?network-manager-pptp? package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: network-manager-pptp > > 1. Connect anything via ppp0 (in my case it was HP iPAQ PDA via > synce). So, interface ppp0 is used now, and PPTP will use ppp1 > instead. > 2. Try to connect to any VPN through NetworkManager applet. > > It responds with graphic warning message like "server didn't response > valid configuration" (can't say clearly because in my case there > appear russian translation of it). And here is the part of my syslog: > > Nov 18 11:22:28 lion2002 pppd[7492]: Plugin nm-pppd-plugin.so loaded. > Nov 18 11:22:28 lion2002 pppd[7492]: nm-pppd-plugin: plugin initialized. > Nov 18 11:22:28 lion2002 pppd[7494]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0 > Nov 18 11:22:28 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Using interface ppp1 > Nov 18 11:22:28 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Connect: ppp1 <--> /dev/pts/0 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: nm-pppd-plugin: CHAP check hook. > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: nm-pppd-plugin: CHAP credentials > requested. > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: CHAP authentication succeeded > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: MPPE 128-bit stateless > compression enabled > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: local IP address 172.16.3.33 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: remote IP address 172.16.1.1 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: primary DNS address 192.168.1.10 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: secondary DNS address 192.168.1.10 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: nm-pppd-plugin: didn't receive > an Internal IP4 Address from ppp. > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Terminating on signal 15 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Connect time 0.0 minutes. > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Sent 0 bytes, received 0 bytes. > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Child process /usr/sbin/pptp > 192.168.1.10 --nolaunchpppd (pid 7495) terminated with signal 15 > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Modem hangup > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Connection terminated. > Nov 18 11:22:29 lion2002 pppd[7494]: Exit. > > As you can see, nm-pppd-plugin "thinks" we don't recieve IP4 Address, > but it's not true (see log). > I think it's because nm-pppd-plugin looks for ppp0 IP4 Address or similar. > > > -- [gutsy] refuses to connect to VPN if ppp0 is already in use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163494 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs