nm-applet and gnome-shell appear to be doing the right thing: gnome- shell adds its own LIBEXECDIR if the path isn't absolute, and nm-applet always strips out the path to use its own LIBEXECDIR (which would be the right one anyway).
I'll look at all the VPN plugins and test if adding the libexecdir as path to the auth-dialog would be sufficient to correctly fix this. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: In Progress => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Fix Released => Invalid ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) => (unassigned) ** Also affects: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) ** Changed in: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Medium => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) ** Also affects: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) ** Also affects: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985788 Title: Can’t connect to VPN from GNOME Shell Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “network-manager-openconnect” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “network-manager-openvpn” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “network-manager-pptp” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “network-manager-vpnc” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “gnome-shell” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “network-manager-openconnect” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “network-manager-openvpn” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “network-manager-pptp” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “network-manager-vpnc” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “gnome-shell” source package in Quantal: Invalid Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Quantal: Invalid Status in “network-manager-openconnect” source package in Quantal: In Progress Status in “network-manager-openvpn” source package in Quantal: In Progress Status in “network-manager-pptp” source package in Quantal: In Progress Status in “network-manager-vpnc” source package in Quantal: In Progress Bug description: I have two VPNs configured with network-manager-openconnect, and I can’t connect to either one of them within GNOME Shell. When I select them from the gnome-shell network menu, nothing happens. No new message show up in ~/.xsession-errors, although I got this one on login: ** Message: Stopping registered applet secret agent because GNOME Shell is running In a GNOME Classic session, the VPNs work fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager-openconnect 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Apr 19 13:55:48 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202) SourcePackage: network-manager-openconnect UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/985788/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp