Created attachment 804374 [details] client.conf Description of problem: I am importing openvpn client settings (client.conf, ca.crt, client.crt, client.key) with NM-gnome. After working around a SElinux issue (#638691), connecting to the vpn still fails. The same procedure works flawlessly on ubuntu 13.04 (nm 0.9.8, openvpn 2.2.1). Gnome error message: Connection failed: Activation of network connection failed journald log messages (excerpt): WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts <warn> VPN connection 'xxcensoredx' did not receive valid IP config information <warn> (tun0): failed to get device's ifindex then lots of the following messages (and slight variants of it): [platform/nm-linux-platform.c:1103] add_object(): Netlink error: Invalid address for specified address family Version-Release number of selected components: openvpn-2.3.2-4.fc20 NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.8.2-3.fc20 NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome-0.9.8.2-3.fc20
This seems to be a NM issue, because invoking openvpn --config client.conf establishes the vpn connection.
Would you attach full log (from NetworkManager staring, and showing VPN connection attempt)? * What is your NetworkManager version? * ip link
1) NetworkManager-0.9.9.0-12.git20130913.fc20 2) ip link: usb3 gigabit ethernet card Digitus DN-3023, driver ax88179. home ADSL behind router 3) ip link alternative: same home ADSL connection via WIFI (Intel) 4) logs see attachment journal_censored.log
Created attachment 805253 [details] log extracted with journalctl
This happens to me also. Workaround with Terminal invocation is working.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1018317 ***