I'm having the same problem with Ubuntu 11.04. My PPTP can stay up for weeks in Windows 7 and OSX, but in Ubuntu there are frequent disconnects (usually within 5 to 30 minutes). Here is my /var/log/syslog relating to a disconnection:
Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pptp[11871]: nm-pptp-service-11745 log[pptp_read_some:pptp_ctrl.c:544]: read returned zero, peer has closed Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pptp[11871]: nm-pptp-service-11745 log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:258]: Closing connection (shutdown) Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pptp[11871]: nm-pptp-service-11745 log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 12 'Call-Clear-Request' Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pptp[11871]: nm-pptp-service-11745 log[pptp_read_some:pptp_ctrl.c:544]: read returned zero, peer has closed Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pptp[11871]: nm-pptp-service-11745 log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:79]: Closing connection (call state) Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: Modem hangup Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: Connect time 22.6 minutes. Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: Sent 36219320 bytes, received 1371467319 bytes. Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: MPPE disabled Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: Connection terminated. Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 5 Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: Terminating on signal 15 Oct 10 05:44:27 iMac-Ubuntu pppd[11861]: Exit. Oct 10 05:44:28 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. Oct 10 05:44:28 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0) Oct 10 05:44:33 iMac-Ubuntu NetworkManager[806]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' disappeared I have spoken to my systems administrator, and he says: "According to our debug log the disconnections are caused by malformed GRE packets. We have a lot of bad checksums on your connection." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225156 Title: pptp disconect when get some info To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pptp-linux/+bug/225156/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs