https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309447 Summary: NetworkManager VPN too hard to set up Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Beta 3 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: pbaudis@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- I have tried to set up my home VPN using NetworkManager, but I just totally failed. With the openvpn config file (which works on the same system), it's as simple as remote MYHOMEIP dev tun ifconfig 192.168.7.2 192.168.7.1 secret home.key up ./home.up but I didn't find a way to mirror this configuration in the GUI. I have filled MYHOMEIP as gateway, selected pre-shared authentication, filled 192.168.7.2 as local IP, 192.168.7.1 as remote IP, added the secret key and ticked to route only specific IP range through the VPN. But it fails, "because the VPN server did not return an adequate network configuration". The main trouble is total lack of further diagnostics. The only thing I can dig out of /var/log (which I think is NOT where the user should go to get any more details, but...): Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie NetworkManager: <info> VPN Activation (Home VPN) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) reply received. Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie NetworkManager: <info> VPN Activation (Home VPN) Stage 4 of 4 (IP Config Get) timeout scheduled... Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie NetworkManager: <info> VPN Activation (Home VPN) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) complete, waiting for IP configuration... Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_vpn_service_process_signal(): VPN failed for service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn', signal 'IPConfigBad', with message 'The VPN login failed because the VPN program received an invalid configuration from the VPN server.'. and Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie nm-openvpn[1726]: OpenVPN 2.0.9 i586-suse-linux [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] built on Sep 1 2007 Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie nm-openvpn[1726]: TUN/TAP device tun1 opened Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie nm-openvpn[1726]: /sbin/ifconfig tun1 192.168.7.2 pointopoint 192.168.7.1 mtu 1500 Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie nm-openvpn[1726]: /usr/bin/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper tun1 1500 1544 192.168.7.2 192.168.7.1 init Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie nm-openvpn[1726]: script failed: shell command exited with error status: 1 Sep 11 11:57:21 pixie nm-openvpn[1726]: Exiting I didn't find a simple way to inspect what configfile it feeds to openvpn (hopefully hijacking /usr/sbin/openvpn should work, but...) or any other way to debug it. And there's no Help button in the NetworkManager VPN setup dialog. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.