Created attachment 583894 [details] (Slightly cleaned up) system log of openvpn connecting and then, later, dying. Description of problem: openvpn connects, but then has frequent disconnects I can connect with the VPN, but after 60 minutes or so, the connection dies. First the VPN no longer transmits traffic. Then, after a timeout, it notices that the connection is dead and shows the connection as disconnected. It does not matter how much I am using the connection. I've seen it die when the machine was locked (although IRC connections were running) and I've seen it die in the middle of a web download. I have an F16 box on the same network connecting with the same configuration and credentials. It does not experience this problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openvpn-2.2.2-4.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: About every hour or so Steps to Reproduce: 1. connect to an openvpn server 2. wait Actual results: vpn connection stops responding and timesout Expected results: vpn stays up Additional info:
Can you please generate a proper openvpn configuration file and not use NetworkManager-openvpn? And then add 'verb 4' to you configuration together with 'log /tmp/openvpn.log' ... then provide that log file (/tmp/openvpn.log) together with your configuration file. The log file you provided contains very little information of why OpenVPN would disconnect. The only plausible reason is here: May 11 13:00:36 localhost nm-openvpn[23951]: [ovpn.example.com] Inactivity timeout (--ping-exit), exiting But a proper configuration file can easier sort out if this is an issue with NetworkManager-openvpn adding stuff which causes these disconnects or if it is a configuration failure or a real bug.
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As no further information was provided, closing as NOTABUG.