Bug 1269733 - openvpn fails to start a VPN connection, with shell_network_agent_set_password: assertion 'request != NULL' failed
Summary: openvpn fails to start a VPN connection, with shell_network_agent_set_passwor...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager-openvpn
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-10-08 06:22 UTC by Tapio Tallgren
Modified: 2017-08-08 12:17 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-08-08 12:17:30 UTC
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Description Tapio Tallgren 2015-10-08 06:22:20 UTC
Description of problem:
Starting a VPN connection with the graphical user interface using openvpn does not work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openvpn-2.3.8-1.fc24.src.rpm
gnome-shell-3.18.0-1.fc24.src.rpm

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start VPN connection from right-hand corner
2. Type in passcode
3. Type in user name and password

Actual results:
openvpn makes a connection to the server and authenticates correctly, but the vpn connection does not start.


Expected results:
A VPN connection should start

Additional info:

Here are the interesting parts from syslog (journalctl -x):

NetworkManager[1258]: <info>  Starting VPN service 'openconnect'...

NetworkManager[1258]: <info>  VPN service 'openconnect' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openconnect), PID 3195

NetworkManager[1258]: <info>  op="connection-activate" uuid="f..." name="VPN 1" pid=2266 uid=1000 result="success"

gnome-session[1740]: (gnome-shell:1765): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: a._connection is null

gnome-session[1740]: NMVPNSection<.setActiveConnections/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:1534

gnome-session[1740]: NMVPNSection<.setActiveConnections@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:1533

gnome-session[1740]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169

gnome-session[1740]: NMApplet<._syncVPNConnections@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:1822

gnome-session[1740]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169

NetworkManager[1258]: <info>  VPN service 'openconnect' appeared; activating connections

gnome-session[2117]: (gnome-shell:2266): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_source_remove: assertion 'tag > 0' failed

NetworkManager[1258]: <info>  VPN service 'openconnect' disappeared

gnome-session[2117]: ** (gnome-shell:2266): CRITICAL **: shell_network_agent_set_password: assertion 'request != NULL' failed

Comment 1 Jan Kurik 2016-02-24 13:49:08 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 24 development cycle.
Changing version to '24'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora24#Rawhide_Rebase

Comment 2 Daniel Stone 2016-08-30 13:43:03 UTC
(In reply to Jan Kurik from comment #1)
> This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora
> 24 development cycle.
> Changing version to '24'.

This is still present in F25; please update the version (I don't have permission to do so). Should perhaps be reassigned to the nm-applet component though.

Comment 3 David Sommerseth 2016-08-30 17:05:21 UTC
Moved this to networkmanager-openconnect, as the log seems to be related to OpenConnect (not OpenVPN) and NetworkManager seems to be in play.

Comment 4 Blueowl 2016-09-13 16:24:47 UTC
Tapio (the original reporter) or Daniel,
would you please describe the problem more precisely if you still see that.

The description is quite confusing. It talks about openvpn and the logs denote openconnect.
And the logs and description indicates gnome-shell applet is used to activate the connection, while comment #2 mentions nm-applet.

Please describe how you activate VPN connection, what type of VPN it is, what behaviour do you experience. You can attach the connection profile:
$ nmcli -f vpn con show <VPN connection name>

and NetworkManager logs
$ sudo journalctl -b 0 -u NetworkMananger

Comment 5 Tapio Tallgren 2017-01-31 09:59:55 UTC
Hi,

I no longer have the setup where I saw this problem, so cannot help in testing anymore.

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