Protonvpn-GUI fails to connect

[Anderssorby]

Describe the bug
When trying to connect to the server it fails to launch and produces the error message "shell not found in /etc/shells". I'm using zsh which for some reason is not listed in /etc/shells

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install protonvpn-gui and login with your credentials
2. Try to connect to any server
3. Possibly use a different shell than bash as standard

Expected behavior
A successfull connection to a free protonvpn server

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Additional context
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Notify maintainers

@jtcoolen @JeffLabonte @SCOTT-HAMILTON @caugner @offlinehacker

Metadata
Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 5.10.44, NixOS, 21.05.1153.0ccd0d91361 (Okapi)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.4pre20210601_5985b8b`
 - channels(anderscs): `"home-manager, unstable-21.11pre297740.c223fd60072"`
 - channels(root): `"nixos-21.05.1153.0ccd0d91361"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

Maintainer information:

# a list of nixpkgs attributes affected by the problem
attribute: nixpkgs.protonvpn-gui
# a list of nixos modules affected by the problem
module: nixos.protonvpn-gui

[WolfangAukang]

FYI, I also use ZSH but I'm not able to reproduce this issue.

Also, there is a new version packaged. Can you please check if the same issue persists?

[nrdxp]

Having a similar issue, except that the gui tries to connect to a given server, but just stays stuck in the "connecting" screen forever, never actually making the connection. 🤷

[WolfangAukang]

This is strange. Although I don't use ProtonVPN Plus anymore, I'm still able to use the default servers and connect to them:

[mainrs]

I have trouble using the Proton VPN GUI client. @WolfangAukang do you happen to have NetworkManager configured on your system? For some reason Proton VPN fails on my machine to connect.

I get this error in the log files:

Support for given configuration is not implemented
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/7wjnygr4ym3k4285gi1q295acm2p4agp-protonvpn-gui-1.9.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages/protonvpn_gui/view_model/dashboard.py", line 352, in connect
    server = protonvpn.setup_connection(
  File "/nix/store/bsysrcgk5qa1w84pypazbrc97jlc0idn-python3.9-protonvpn-nm-lib-3.10.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages/protonvpn_nm_lib/api.py", line 158, in setup_connection
    self._env.connection_backend.setup(**data)
  File "/nix/store/bsysrcgk5qa1w84pypazbrc97jlc0idn-python3.9-protonvpn-nm-lib-3.10.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages/protonvpn_nm_lib/core/connection_backend/nm_client/nm_client.py", line 51, in setup
    connection, protocol_implementation = NMPlugin.import_vpn_config(
  File "/nix/store/bsysrcgk5qa1w84pypazbrc97jlc0idn-python3.9-protonvpn-nm-lib-3.10.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages/protonvpn_nm_lib/core/connection_backend/nm_client/plugin/nm_plugin.py", line 31, in import_vpn_config
    raise NotImplementedError(
NotImplementedError: Support for given configuration is not implemented

Sounds more like some misconfiguration on my machine than anything else. I installed from github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable.

I configured my system's networking like this:

networking.hostId = "<id>";
networking.interfaces.enp3s0.useDHCP = true;
networking.useDHCP = mkForce true;

[WolfangAukang]

I get this error in the log files:

This is similar to #172831 (comment). Unfortunately, the best recommendation would be checking if protonvpn-cli_2 works (this one does not rely on NetworkManager). I do have NetworkManager on my system and have no issue using ProtonVPN at the moment (this on a basic account).

I really don't know what can be done on this case because I'm really not sure of what causes this issue, rather open an issue on the protonvpn-nm-lib repo and hope for the best.

[mainrs]

I've actually went ahead and contacted Proton VPN support with my log files. I'll keep the issue updated if new information emerges.

[nyabinary]

Getting something different entirely

[raspher]

Same here, in addition their public repo is now archived https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-app

edit: but i've found this https://github.com/ProtonVPN/proton-vpn-gtk-app

[nyabinary]

Same here, in addition their public repo is now archived https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-app

edit: but i've found this https://github.com/ProtonVPN/proton-vpn-gtk-app

the new protonvpn is already packaged in nixpkgs-unstable

[raspher]

@nyabinary i see package is outdated as latest version is 4.1.10 when in repo it's:

• unstable -> 4.1.0-unstable-2023-10-25
• 23.11 -> 1.12.0 does not work at all as API probably changed

I wanted to update it but it's complicated a little, say not my level of understanding nix :)

edit: shouldn't package be renamed to protonvpn-gtk or something like that as it's totally different project and repository?

[raspher]

When using unstable channel i can connect. However i'll fill an update request

[Kaukov]

When I used nixos-23.11 as my base and only included unstable for protonvpn-gui, networkmanager (and its other packages), I couldn't connect to any server and I got unknown errors. My guess is I had missed another dependency I needed to pull from unstable.

When I set the URL to my nixos channel to nixos-unstable, I no longer face any issues with ProtonVPN and can successfully connect to the servers.

This issue is resolved for nixos-unstable 100%.