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pptpconfig broke between 6.06 and 7.04 via 6.10

Asked by cmnorton

I am currently running 7.04, after successfully upgrading from 6.06 via 6.10. I have network-manager, network-manager-gnome, and network-manager-pptp installed. From pptpconfig, I am getting this error, but in 6.06, I could create a vpn connection: Using interface ppp0pptpconfig: monitoring interface ppp0

Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
CHAP authentication succeeded
MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled
--->>> Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP <<<---

What steps can I take to fix this? I have been looking at vpn-connection in edgy, referenced from the Ubuntu forums, but my network manager does not look like what is in the examples.

Any suggestions for fixing this would be appreciated.

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#1

By putting my wireless card into roaming mode -- which prevented me from connecting to the internet -- the VPN connections came up on the network-manager menu. Even after I got the wireless connection's roaming turned off, vpn connections stayed on the menu, as long as my built-in wired connection was enabled. (I only have wireless at home.)

I set the VPN connection up, and tried to connect, and nothing comes up to tell me the progress of the connection. pptpconfig still fails with the same error.

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#2

I checked /var/log/syslog and got this error:

no currently active network device, won't activate VPN

as the last line.

Is this related to resolv.conf, and is there a workaround?

The Ubuntu forums are recommending re-installing Feisty, but that is not an easy option for me. I am hoping there is a workaround.

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#3

I checked /var/log/syslog and got this error:

no currently active network device, won't activate VPN

as the last line.

Is this related to resolv.conf, and is there a workaround?

The Ubuntu forums are recommending re-installing Feisty, but that is not an easy option for me. I am hoping there is a workaround.

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#4

sorry! My mousepad skidded. I did not mean to select solved.

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#5

Would you recommend some kind of partial un-install/install to get this problem solved?

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#6

One of the suggestions from James Cameron was to use an earlier ppp module. As I was setting all that up, I noticed that paths in the modules.dep of the current kernel pointed to prior kernels. Is that normal?

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#7

This is not solved, but I've put more details into bug 149928