Description of problem: OpenVPN connections created via the NetworkManager-openvpn appear as menu items under the "VPN Connections" menu. The menu items seem to be enabled and disabled as a function of whether NetworkManager thinks there is a valid network connection. Although normally this behaviour is correct there are corner cases where menu items should be enabled even though there is not a valid network connection. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 11 x86_64 NetworkManager-0.7.1-8.git20090708.fc11.x86_64 NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the NetworkManager-openvpn RPM which depends on all required RPMs. 2. Create a connection who's gateway is 127.0.0.1. The certificates and other details are not important. 3. Remove the Ethernet cable and or turn wireless off so that only the loopback interface is up and has a valid IP address. 4. Attempt to turn on the VPN connection by selecting it from the "VPN Connections" menu. Actual results: The menu item for the VPN connection is disabled so it can not be selected. Expected results: The menu item for the VPN connection is enabled so it can be selected. Additional info: Since the gateway of the VPN connection is 127.0.0.1 it matches the netmask of the loopback interface, which is active. As to why this is helpful - certain tethering scenarios, such as with Android, involve routing data through an application that listens on the loopback interface and then relays the connection to the phone. Consequently having a OpenVPN connection with an IP address of 127.0.0.1 is useful to me. Additional information about this can be seen in my blog post at: http://selliott.org/node/49
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