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johnnymac

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Registered: 2007-09-24

Posts: 14

NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

Anyone know why I wouldn't be able to select configure vpn from the nm-applet and create a vpn??  It's grey'd out and won't let me add one.

Any suggestions??

Kirurgs

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Registered: 2008-10-20

Posts: 144

Re: NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

Dude, install networkmanager-[openvpn][vpnc][pptp] plugin to be able to use VPN...

johnnymac

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Registered: 2007-09-24

Posts: 14

Re: NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

Is there a repository I have to enable to get networkmanager-pptp?  Cause....

[johnn@nutjob Desktop]$ sudo pacman -Ss pptp
core/pptpclient 1.7.2-2
    Client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP.
community/pptpd 1.3.4-1
    Poptop server

and

[johnn@nutjob Desktop]$ sudo pacman -Ss networkmanager
extra/libnetworkmanager 0.7.0-1
    The Network Manager Library
extra/network-manager-applet 0.7.0-1
    GNOME frontends to NetWorkmanager
extra/networkmanager 0.7.0-1
    Network Management daemon

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

It's in AUR. And you don't need sudo for -Ss.

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stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

networkmanager-openvpn 0.7.0-1
networkmanager-pptp-0.7 0.7.0-1
networkmanager-vpnc 0.7.0-2

3 vpn options sir all available in AUR

Perhaps we should suggest these to be added to the repositories?

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gvv

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Registered: 2008-05-26

Posts: 3

Re: NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

Perhaps we should suggest these to be added to the repositories?

Probably we should. But this version is buggy, I wasn't able to connect using them. Version 0.7.0.99 from upstream is fine though. So probably it would be better to wait for Gnome 2.26 release.

tkdfighter

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2009-01-28

Posts: 126

Re: NetworkManager 0.7 - Can't create VPN

I've been using networkmanager-vpnc from AUR for over a month now, no problems. Now if there'd only be a stable networkmanager-0.7 frontend for KDE4 ...