Fwd: vpn connections grayed out in nm-applet

["Mark juszczec" <mark juszczec gmail com>]

Hello all

This is my reply to Vinay reply to my original question.
I forgot to send it to the list.

Mark

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mark juszczec <mark juszczec gmail com>
Date: May 22, 2006 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: vpn connections grayed out in nm-applet
To: Vinay <rvinay novell com>


Vinay

My network connection is established automatically when the system boots.

Do I have to turn this off?  Do I have to start my system, log in,
start NetworkManager and let NetworkManager pull down an ip address
via dhcp?

Mark

On 5/22/06, Vinay <rvinay novell com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> VPN Connections are grayed out till your Network Connection is not up.
>
> Is your Network Connection established through NetworkManager ?
>
> nm-applet shows you the list of VPN Connections you have configured (
> All of them, Cisco, OpenVPN, NovellVPN .... ) and it is not a problem
> with Novell Extensions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> With Regards,
> Vinay
>
> Mark juszczec wrote:
> > Hello all
> >
> > I'm running NetworkManager (as root) with the Novell extensions to
> > allow connectivity with a Nortel Contivity switch.
> >
> > I've configured 2 connections (again as root) via the "VPN Connection"
> > option called "Configure VPN"
> >
> > Both of these connection names are grayed out.  I cannot select them.
> >
> > Is this a permission problem with the files containing the connection
> > information?   Is it a Gnome problem?  Is it a problem with the Novell
> > extensions?  Is it some other kind of misconfiguration?  Has anyone
> > had a problem like this?
> >
> > Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Mark
> >


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