Re: How to get VPNC working on FC5?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 18:47 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hmm..  After rebooting and restarting (due to a number of other
> reasons) the VPN configuration is now in the list.  I guess I would
> have assumed it would get there in real-time.

Yes, it really should pick these things up in real-time.  But right now
that code isn't there, unfortunately.  It's a bug.

Dan

> -derek
> 
> Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU> writes:
> 
> > hi,
> >
> > I just upgraded from FC3 to FC5 and modulo a few issues it seems to
> > be working okay..  I wanted to play with the VPNC plugin, so I created
> > a new VPN configuration but I can't figure out how to tell NM to
> > actually startup the VPN!
> >
> >>From the applet, I left click, go to VPN Connections, and all I see are
> > "Configure VPN" and "Disconnect VPN" (the latter greyed out).
> >
> > I thought that maybe it didn't like the space in the name of my VPN
> > so I tried to edit the name..  And then I had TWO copies of the config
> > (I guess 'Edit' with a name-change didn't auto-delete the older configuration
> > like I expected it to).  I then deleted the old config.
> >
> > SOMEWHERE along the way I got these messages on my terminal (where I
> > started the applet).
> >
> > Any ideas?  Suggestions?
> >
> > Do I need to clear out my old FC3 gconf configuration?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > (NetworkManager:17752): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_list_store_remove: assertion
> > `VALID_ITER (iter, list_store)' failed
> >
> > ** (nm-applet:17687): WARNING **: <WARNING>     
> > nmi_dbus_get_vpn_connection_properties (): applet-dbus-info.c:639 - couldn't
> > get 'name' item from GConf.
> >
> >
> > ** (nm-applet:17687): WARNING **: <WARNING>     
> > nmi_dbus_get_vpn_connection_properties (): applet-dbus-info.c:639 - couldn't
> > get 'name' item from GConf.
> >
> >
> > ** (nm-applet:17687): WARNING **: <WARNING>     
> > nmi_dbus_get_vpn_connection_properties (): applet-dbus-info.c:639 - couldn't
> > get 'name' item from GConf.
> >
> >
> > ** (nm-applet:17687): WARNING **: <WARNING>     
> > nmi_dbus_get_vpn_connection_properties (): applet-dbus-info.c:639 - couldn't
> > get 'name' item from GConf.
> >
> >
> > ** (nm-applet:17687): WARNING **: <WARNING>     
> > nmi_dbus_get_vpn_connection_properties (): applet-dbus-info.c:639 - couldn't
> > get 'name' item from GConf.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> >        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> >        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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