pptp vpn connection - kind of funky...

[Daniel Caleb <techknow internalkernel com>]

I apologize for the extremely descriptive subject line... but the errors I've 
been getting are all over the place. 

I have network-manager-pptp 0.7.1~rc4.20090316+bzr23-0ubuntu3 on a Jaunty x64 
laptop. Initially, I installed (had to reboot before the connection started 
functioning) and connected to my server running pptp. 

I thought everything was fine... the next time I booted my laptop, I was 
getting the error described here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/290468

I checked my versions, deleted the files in /etc/NetworkManger/VPN/ then 
rebooted just to be sure. (I seem to have more luck with NM's VPN service 
after a reboot.) After the reboot, I configured my VPN connection again and 
attempted a connection. It went through the motions of connecting, and then 
failed. syslog stated that CHAP and MSCHAP failed. My server is set to accept 
CHAP and primarily MSCHAPv2 - all options in NM's VPN configuration are 
checked and MPPE is checked with "All Available". It should be worthwhile to 
note that during this whole time I can connect via pon without issue. 

I figured another reboot would be a worthy endeavor... However, now it doesn't 
even go through the motions of attempting a connection - it just says it 
fails. Here's syslog entries: 

Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  Starting VPN service 
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'... 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN service 
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' started 
(org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 25473 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN service 
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating connections 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 3 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN connection 'internalkernel' 
(Connect) reply received. 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5//nm-pptp-pppd-
plugin.so loaded.
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pptp[25478]: nm-pptp-service-25473 
log[main:pptp.c:314]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pptp[25479]: nm-pptp-service-25473 
warn[open_inetsock:pptp_callmgr.c:329]: connect: Connection refused
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pptp[25479]: nm-pptp-service-25473 
fatal[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:127]: Could not open control connection to 
97.107.131.16
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pptp[25478]: nm-pptp-service-25473 
fatal[open_callmgr:pptp.c:479]: Call manager exited with error 256
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: Modem hangup
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: Connection terminated.
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin failed: 1 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa pppd[25476]: Exit.
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin failed: 1 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 6 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state change reason: 
0 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <WARN>  connection_state_changed(): 
Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. 
Jul 29 16:46:37 ahimsa NetworkManager: <info>  Policy set 'Auto allone' 
(wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. 
Jul 29 16:46:50 ahimsa NetworkManager: <debug> [1248900410.002312] 
ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 25473 to exit 
Jul 29 16:46:50 ahimsa NetworkManager: <debug> [1248900410.002371] 
ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 25473 cleaned up 

I've been digging around on Google and so far the only bug entries that came 
up was the one I already linked. If this is a known issue, I'll be happy to 
post whatever information is needed there... 

Thanks!
Daniel