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Bug 788839 - No feedback on failed OpenVPN connection
No feedback on failed OpenVPN connection
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: VPN: openvpn
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: NetworkManager maintainer(s)
NetworkManager maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-10-11 18:19 UTC by Anton Pussep
Modified: 2020-11-12 14:30 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Anton Pussep 2017-10-11 18:19:27 UTC
I imported an OpenVPN configuration file. This worked fine. However, when I tried to connect to my OpenVPN server, the connection didn't work. This wasn't obvious though, since the network manager menu disappears right after clicking "Connect". Indeed, the connection couldn't possibly work, since I didn't copy the CA and the TA files. After copying those files next to the config file, the connection succeeded. However, again, without any feedback, except for the changing icon in the systray.

My minimal expectation would be to see an error message when the connection fails for whatever reason.

I have further issues with network manager or the openvpn plugin:
- I don't like that the menu disappears right away, this does not provide sufficient feedback to the user on the success of his operation.
- I don't like that the network manager does not automatically suggest to install the openvpn plugin when trying to import openvpn config files.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: network-manager-openvpn-gnome 1.2.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 8 22:21:36 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Comment 1 André Klapper 2020-11-12 14:30:36 UTC
bugzilla.gnome.org is being shut down in favor of a GitLab instance. 
We are closing all old bug reports and feature requests in GNOME Bugzilla which have not seen updates for a long time.

If you still use NetworkManager and if you still see this bug / want this feature in a recent and supported version of NetworkManager, then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/

Thank you for creating this report and we are sorry it could not be implemented (workforce and time is unfortunately limited).