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Description of problem: When using a VPN connection in current Fedora 24, then the (GNOME shell) panel icon of the underlying wired connection is replaced by a padlock icon which symbolizes the secure VPN connection. In the case of a non-VPN wired connection, loss of connectivity is displayed by a different icon with a question mark. It seems that no such alternate icon is provided and/or handled by NetworkManager-openvpn; this implies that changes of the connection state remain hidden when using a VPN connection. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-openvpn-1.2.0-0.3.beta2.fc24 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start VPN connection. 2. Inhibit network connectivity. Actual results: Icon of VPN connection remains unaltered. Expected results: Icon of VPN connection reflects state of connectivity. Additional info: When connectivity is lost, then NetworkManager-openvpn should replace the padlock symbol by a modified padlock symbol which notifies the user unambiguously, e.g. by adding a question mark similar to the case of an ordinary wired connection.
What icon do you see? What icon would you expect? What is the status of NM connections? $ nmcli general $ nmcli device
After disconnecting my cable modem from upstream, (global) network connectivity gets lost but the network connection is still symbolized by the normal padlock icon (network-vpn-symbolic). No indication of the loss of connectivity is given. Only after turning off the VPN connection, the padlock icon is replaced by some wired-network icon (network-wired-no-route-symbolic) which unambiguously indicates the loss of connectivity. I would expect that during an active VPN connection, loss of connectivity is symbolized by a similar icon (network-vpn-no-route-symbolic) which, however, does not exist yet. The status of the NetworkManager connections after loss of connectivity becomes: $ nmcli general STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN connected (site only) limited enabled disabled enabled enabled $ nmcli device DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION enp0s25 ethernet connected enp0s25 tun0 tun connected tun0 wlp3s0 wifi unavailable -- lo loopback unmanaged --
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