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CraigAB69

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2019-09-05

Posts: 19

[SOLVED] OpenVPN to ExpressVPN fails

Hi,

I am trying to remember what I did yesterday that may have prevented the VPN from working, I remember that I created an ethernet bridge, and then deleted it and " yay -Syu" and installed:

sudo pacman -Sy base-devel cmake extra-cmake-modules pkg-config ninja libfreetype sdl2 libpng lib32-openal rtmidi faudio qt5-base qt5-xcb-private-headers qt5-tools libevdev vulkan-devel

31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	<info>  [1675118861.9794] vpn[0x55ec65708860,192ad32a-2cbc-4fd7-99f5-aaae3df32f30,"my_expressvpn_australia_-_brisbane_udp"]: starting openvpn
31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	<info>  [1675118861.9798] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="192ad32a-2cbc-4fd7-99f5-aaae3df32f30" name="my_expressvpn_australia_-_brisbane_udp" pid=1086 uid=1000 result="success"
31/1/23 8:47 AM	kernel	audit: type=1111 audit(1675118861.975:140): pid=522 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=connection-activate uuid=192ad32a-2cbc-4fd7-99f5-aaae3df32f30 name="my_expressvpn_australia_-_brisbane_udp" pid=1086 uid=1000 result=success exe="/usr/bin/NetworkManager" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [CMD-LINE]:1: keysize (2.6.0)
31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	Use --help for more information.
31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	<warn>  [1675118865.9118] vpn[0x55ec65708860,192ad32a-2cbc-4fd7-99f5-aaae3df32f30,"my_expressvpn_australia_-_brisbane_udp"]: dbus: failure: connect-failed (1)
31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	<warn>  [1675118865.9119] vpn[0x55ec65708860,192ad32a-2cbc-4fd7-99f5-aaae3df32f30,"my_expressvpn_australia_-_brisbane_udp"]: dbus: failure: connect-failed (1)

I have uninstalled OpenVPN and the NetworkManager plugin and re-installed them.
Re-created the VPN.

Not sure what else to try.

Regards,
Craig

Last edited by CraigAB69 (2023-01-31 00:04:09)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,373

Re: [SOLVED] OpenVPN to ExpressVPN fails

31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [CMD-LINE]:1: keysize (2.6.0)

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77309

CraigAB69

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2019-09-05

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED] OpenVPN to ExpressVPN fails

31/1/23 8:47 AM	NetworkManager	Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [CMD-LINE]:1: keysize (2.6.0)

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77309

Yep, that was it, thank you.

Just so people know.

I'm using XFCE and Network Manager is in the Tray near the time.

Here is what I did:

- Right click on Network Manager in the Tray
- Select "Edit Connections"
- Double click or select the VPN and click the 3 verticle lines next to + - buttons to edit.
- VPN tab is usually selected, if not select it.
- Scroll down to the bottom to "Advanced" Click on that.
- Click on the "Security" tab
- Un-tick the "Use custom size of cipher key"
- Click "Apply"