Description of problem:
Trying to connect to OpenVPN, the password dialog is newer shown. This is content of my journal:
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Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[945]: <info> [1501227590.6589] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="5777c2b4-defc-46f1-9858-2b850d51587c" name="Brno (BRQ)" pid=1771 uid=16025 result="succe
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[945]: <info> [1501227590.6641] vpn-connection[0x55f53ae7a0e0,5777c2b4-defc-46f1-9858-2b850d51587c,"Brno (BRQ)",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 2606
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[945]: <info> [1501227590.6725] vpn-connection[0x55f53ae7a0e0,5777c2b4-defc-46f1-9858-2b850d51587c,"Brno (BRQ)",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connect
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1771]: Allocating size to ShellEmbeddedWindow 0x55fefddaa3d0 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). How does the code know the size to allocate
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1771]: JS ERROR: error while reading VPN plugin output keyfile: GLib.KeyFileError: Soubor klíče nemá skupinu „V“
VPNRequestHandler<._showNewStyleDialog@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/components/networkAgent.js:522:29
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178:22
VPNRequestHandler<._readStdoutNewStyle/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/components/networkAgent.js:487:17
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=fprintd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=?
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1771]: JS ERROR: error while reading VPN plugin output keyfile: GLib.KeyFileError: Soubor klíče nemá skupinu „V“
VPNRequestHandler<._showNewStyleDialog@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/components/networkAgent.js:522:29
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178:22
VPNRequestHandler<._readStdoutNewStyle/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/components/networkAgent.js:487:17
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[945]: <error> [1501227590.7881] vpn-connection[0x55f53ae7a0e0,5777c2b4-defc-46f1-9858-2b850d51587c,"Brno (BRQ)",0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agent
Jul 28 09:39:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[945]: <info> [1501227590.7965] vpn-connection[0x55f53ae7a0e0,5777c2b4-defc-46f1-9858-2b850d51587c,"Brno (BRQ)",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
~~~
I was able to connect via nmcli:
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$ nmcli connection up "Brno (BRQ)" --ask
A password is required to connect to 'Brno (BRQ)'.
Password (vpn.secrets.password):
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/8)
~~~
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
$ rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-1.8.2-3.fc27.x86_64
$ rpm -q NetworkManager-openvpn
NetworkManager-openvpn-1.2.10-1.fc27.x86_64
How reproducible:
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Actual results:
Cannot connect via GUI, no password prompt.
Expected results:
I am asked for password and can connect via GUI.
Additional info:
Comment 1Beniamino Galvani
2017-07-28 09:44:58 UTC
I knew I reported this somewhere :)
Yes, right, I can confirm this was fixed by recent updates. This is the version I am using:
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$ rpm -q gobject-introspection
gobject-introspection-1.53.4-5.fc27.x86_64
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I can connect just fine now. Thx.