Bug 719648 - NetworkManager fails to connect VPN
Summary: NetworkManager fails to connect VPN
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager-vpnc
Version: 14
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-07 15:08 UTC by John Ellson
Modified: 2012-08-16 13:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-08-16 13:02:12 UTC
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Description John Ellson 2011-07-07 15:08:52 UTC
Description of problem:
NetworkManager fails to set up my VPN to work.

'vpnc' works fine

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.8.9997-5.git20110702.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-vpnc-0.8.999-2.fc15.x86_64
avahi-0.6.30-3.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. (nm-applet) -> VPN Connections -> (name of VPN)
2. enter password
3.
  
Actual results:
/var/log/messages contains:

Jul  7 10:44:19 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> Starting VPN service 'vpnc'...
Jul  7 10:44:19 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN service 'vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 2418
Jul  7 10:44:19 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN service 'vpnc' appeared; activating connections
Jul  7 10:44:42 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3
Jul  7 10:44:42 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN connection 'FP' (Connect) reply received.
Jul  7 10:44:57 halfpint avahi-daemon[2343]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun0.
Jul  7 10:44:57 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <warn> VPN plugin failed: 1
Jul  7 10:44:57 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6
Jul  7 10:44:57 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0
Jul  7 10:44:57 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Jul  7 10:44:57 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> Policy set 'momentum' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Jul  7 10:45:02 halfpint NetworkManager[1002]: <info> VPN service 'vpnc' disappeared


Expected results:
Reliable connections.  It used to work in Fedora-14, and it works now with 'vpnc'

Additional info:

Comment 1 John Ellson 2011-09-20 17:12:51 UTC
This problem is apparently fixed as of:
    NetworkManagtworkManager-0.9.0-1.fc15.x86_64
or perhaps earlier.


Not sure if the problem was fixed in NetworkManager, or if I fixed it by upgrading the ROM image in my WiFi accesspoint  (D-Link DIR-655 to release dir655_FW_135NA).

Comment 2 Vratislav Podzimek 2011-09-30 19:27:44 UTC
Exactly the same happens on F14 with:
NetworkManager-0.8.4-2.git20110622.fc14.i686
NetworkManager-vpnc-0.8.1-1.fc14.i686

The problem is definitely not in network hardware components because I can connect with my netbook running F15. I can also connect with my laptop running F14-x86_64 (cannot specify exact versions of packages right now).

When I try to connect with vpnc command itself, it says after typing password:

vpnc: Error binding to source port. Try '--local-port 0'
Failed to bind to 0.0.0.0:500: Address already in use

Using '--local-port 0' solves the problem and I can connect.

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