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nm-applet: activation of vpnc connection fails #43806

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flokli opened this issue Jul 19, 2018 · 4 comments
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nm-applet: activation of vpnc connection fails #43806

flokli opened this issue Jul 19, 2018 · 4 comments
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0.kind: bug 2.status: wait-for-upstream Waiting for upstream fix (or their other action). 6.topic: freedesktop

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flokli commented Jul 19, 2018

Issue description

With latest nixpkgs-unstable, I get the following error message when enabling a vpnc connection:

VPN Connection activation failed: (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.UnknownDevice) Cannot specify device when activating VPN

manually setting it up via nmcli con up $name works.

Steps to reproduce

  • nixos-rebuild switch into nixpkgs-unstable channel.
  • Configure a VPN connection
  • Try to activate it through nm-applet.

Technical details

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

 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 4.17.6, NixOS, 18.09.git.b3af2cd (Jellyfish)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.0.4`
 - channels(root): `"home-manager, nixos-18.09pre145524.2a8a5533d18"`
warning: Nix search path entry '/home/flokli/.nix-defexpr/channels' does not exist, ignoring
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

Possibly related to #43087.
/cc @jtojnar @dtzWill
@flokli flokli changed the title nm-applet: activation vpnc connection fails nm-applet: activation of vpnc connection fails Jul 19, 2018
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jtojnar commented Jul 19, 2018

I can reproduce it with OpenVPN:

(nm-applet:927): nm-applet-WARNING **: 11:47:20.856: VPN Connection activation failed: (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.UnknownDevice) Cannot specify device when activating VPN

nmcli indeed does work.

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jtojnar commented Jul 19, 2018

Opened an upstream issue https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet/issues/12

@jtojnar jtojnar added 0.kind: bug 2.status: wait-for-upstream Waiting for upstream fix (or their other action). 6.topic: freedesktop labels Jul 19, 2018
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jtojnar commented Jul 23, 2018

Apparently it was caused by NM update, a new version will be released soon: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet/issues/12#note_272894

flokli added a commit to flokli/nixpkgs that referenced this issue Aug 3, 2018
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network-manager: 1.12.0 -> 1.12.2
88b2b6c 
fix VPN activation through nm-applet (NixOS#43806),
upstream bug https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet/issues/12
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jtojnar commented Aug 4, 2018

Closed by: #44037

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