Description of problem: 1) It starts, connects, but on the first attempt to actually use the connection: Oct 4 09:01:26 nostromo nm-openvpn[2346]: SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting 2) Once this happens, it refuses to even try to reconnect until reboot: Oct 4 09:01:32 nostromo NetworkManager[1373]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 2550 Oct 4 09:01:32 nostromo NetworkManager[1373]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' appeared; activating connections Oct 4 09:01:32 nostromo NetworkManager[1373]: <error> [1349355692.844582] [nm-vpn-connection.c:1405] get_secrets_cb(): Failed to request VPN secrets #2: (6) No agents were available for this request. Bouncing either NM or the shell just makes it worse - bouncing the shell drops the VPN bits of the menu entirely; bouncing NM shows multiple copies of each device in the menu (still without bringing the VPN menu back.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.9.7.0-1.git20120820.fc18.x86_64 NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.3.997-3.fc18.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.6.0-1.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt to use it Actual results: Wailing, gnashing of teeth, lamentations, misery due to inability to connect. Expected results: Wailing, gnashing of teeth, lamentations, misery due to e-mail received over working VPN.
I tried with NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.6.0-1.fc18.x86_64; it lasted ~15 minutes before dying with SIGTERM instead of falling over immediately. Other than that, it's the same (refuses to reconnect with secrets failure, etc.)
Is this a dup of bug #848217?
Connecting to it works these days. I haven't tried creating new ones.
Bill, do you still see some issues?
No, it works now for me.
OK, I'm closing this then. However, I should note there is a problem in gnome-shell's secret agent not re-registering itself with NM when NM is restarted, which causes that VPN doesn't work - bug 888068.