Re: nm-applet / vpnc / pptp / openvpn

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 15:23 +0100, Geronimo Wheeler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've succesfullly installed Networkmanager and nm-applet with all the
> plugins under Gnome / Kde-4-3 using the instructions can be found at
> gentoo-wiki. It is working perfectly for wired and wireless LAN but
> not for any VPN (this part of the applet is grey
> 
> I was searching the archive and googled this thing but I cannot find a
> solution, so I decided to ask you :)
> 
> I suppose this is some problem with the dbus registration of the
> plugins, but I'm not sure

The plugins don't actually need any dbus registration to be found by the
applet.  All they do is drop a ".name" file in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN
so NM knows they are there.  But you'll need to restart NetworkManager
after installing a VPN plugin since it doesn't yet recognize new VPN
plugins on-the-fly.

Dan

> This is my versions
> 
> [I] sys-apps/dbus
>      Available versions:  1.2.3-r1 ~1.2.12 ~1.3.0 ~1.3.0-r1 {X debug
> doc selinux test}
>      Installed versions:  1.2.3-r1(16.09.48 2009-11-17)(X -debug -doc
> -selinux)
> 
> [I] net-misc/networkmanager
>      Available versions:  *0.6.5_p20070823 0.6.6 ~0.7.1-r3 0.7.1-r6
> ~0.7.1_p20090824 [M]**0.8.0_pre20090824 [M]**0.8.0_pre20091105 {avahi
> bluetooth connection-sharing crypt debug dhclient dhcpcd doc gnome
> gnutls nss resolvconf}
>      Installed versions:  0.7.1-r6(18.16.04 2009-10-19)(gnutls
> resolvconf -avahi -connection-sharing -dhclient -dhcpcd -doc -nss)
>      Homepage:
> http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>      Description:         Network configuration and management in an
> easy way. Desktop environment independent.
> 
> [D] net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn
>      Available versions:  ~0.3.2_p20070621 ~0.7.1-r1 {crypt debug doc
> gnome}
>      Installed versions:  0.7.1-r1(16.02.50 2009-11-17)(-gnome)
>      Homepage:
> http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>      Description:         NetworkManager OpenVPN plugin.
> 
> [D] net-misc/networkmanager-pptp
>      Available versions:  ~0.1.0_p20070726 ~0.7.0 ~0.7.1 {crypt debug
> doc gnome}
>      Installed versions:  0.7.1(16.03.03 2009-11-17)(-gnome)
>      Homepage:
> http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>      Description:         NetworkManager PPTP plugin.
> 
> [D] net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc
>      Available versions:  ~0.6.4_p20070621 ~0.7.0 ~0.7.1 {crypt debug
> doc gnome}
>      Installed versions:  0.7.1(16.03.15 2009-11-17)(-gnome)
>      Homepage:
> http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>      Description:         NetworkManager VPNC plugin.
> 
> Do you have any idea?
> 
> Thank you
> L:
> 
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