On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 10:12 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 23:19 +0100, Luís Miguel dos Reis Oliveira e Silva > wrote: > > Hi Alexander, > > > > I'm one of the users of your packages and first of all let me thank > > you for the good work! > > > > yet, I noticed some problems with pptp plugin. Some of the options are > > not re-read correctly from the configuration. Let me explain: for > > example, when selecting one specific option for MPPE (either 128 or 40 > > bit), if I open the configuration again, the MPPE selection box is > > That's a bug in the GUI, I can reproduce that. Any particular reason > you're selecting one of those options? Does your network require 40-bit > MPPE or something?
I think it requires MPPE 128bit... But it was just one of the thing I noticed, nothing too important. Still, the average user will not find it's way dealing with this bug. > > > empty... This is just one example, but all problems I detected seem to > > be related to MPPE... > > > > One potential problem is that when you get one vpn system connection > > with the same name of a physical ethernet system connection, they > > overwrite each other... > > We don't enforce unique names quite yet, but we need to. Each > connection needs to have a different name; the UI should handle that > gracefully. Nice to hear that :) > > > Also, I didn't manage to get a connection working... > > Try turning off PPP echo packets if you have enabled them in the > Advanced dialog: I did that. Both with ppp echo packets enabled and disabled, the result is the same (log messages are the same too). Maybe another GUI bug or a bug in lauching ppp (the laucher ignoring the options...) > > log[pptp_handle_timer:pptp_ctrl.c:1049]: closing control connection due > to missing echo reply > > Dan > > > Here goes the log excerpt from one attempt... > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Aug 20 23:09:58 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'... > > Aug 20 23:09:58 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' started > > (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 20169 > > Aug 20 23:09:58 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating > > connections > > Aug 20 23:09:58 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating > > connections > > Aug 20 23:09:58 luis-lpt NetworkManager: nm_vpn_connection_activate: > > assertion `nm_vpn_connection_get_vpn_state (connection) == > > NM_VPN_CONNECTION_STATE_PREPARE' failed > > Aug 20 23:10:02 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state > > changed: 3 > > Aug 20 23:10:02 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection > > 'VPN-FEUP' (Connect) reply received. > > Aug 20 23:10:02 luis-lpt pptp[20177]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[main:pptp.c:267]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated > > Aug 20 23:10:02 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 1 > > 'Start-Control-Connection-Request' > > Aug 20 23:10:02 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:738]: Received Start Control Connection > > Reply > > Aug 20 23:10:02 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:772]: Client connection established. > > Aug 20 23:10:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 7 > > 'Outgoing-Call-Request' > > Aug 20 23:10:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:857]: Received Outgoing Call Reply. > > Aug 20 23:10:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:896]: Outgoing call established (call ID 0, > > peer's call ID 61696). > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection > > 'VPN-FEUP' (IP Config Get) reply received. > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN Gateway: 0.0.0.0 > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Tunnel Device: ppp0 > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Address: > > yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Prefix: > > 32 > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 > > Point-to-Point Address: 0.0.0.0 > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Maximum Segment Size > > (MSS): 0 > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: > > aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: > > bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> DNS Domain: '(none)' > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Login Banner: > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> > > ----------------------------------------- > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> (null) > > Aug 20 23:10:06 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> > > ----------------------------------------- > > Aug 20 23:10:07 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_spawn_process(): > > could not spawn process '/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts': Failed to execute > > child process "/usr/sbin/nscd" (No such file or directory) > > Aug 20 23:10:07 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection > > 'VPN-FEUP' (IP Config Get) complete. > > Aug 20 23:10:07 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state > > changed: 4 > > Aug 20 23:10:07 luis-lpt nm-dispatcher.action: Script > > '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown' exited with error status > > 1. > > Aug 20 23:10:11 luis-lpt named[5910]: loading configuration from > > '/etc/bind/named.conf' > > Aug 20 23:10:11 luis-lpt named[5910]: listening on IPv4 interface > > ppp0, yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy#53 > > Aug 20 23:12:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[pptp_handle_timer:pptp_ctrl.c:1049]: closing control connection > > due to missing echo reply > > Aug 20 23:12:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 12 > > 'Call-Clear-Request' > > Aug 20 23:12:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:430]: Closing PPTP connection > > Aug 20 23:12:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 3 > > 'Stop-Control-Connection-Request' > > Aug 20 23:12:03 luis-lpt pptp[20180]: nm-pptp-service-20169 > > log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:78]: Closing connection (call state) > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt named[5910]: loading configuration from > > '/etc/bind/named.conf' > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt named[5910]: no longer listening on > > yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy#53 > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state > > changed: 6 > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <WARN> > > connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no > > VPN connection was active. > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt NetworkManager: > > nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= > > 0' failed > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt NetworkManager: > > nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx > > >= 0' failed > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_spawn_process(): > > could not spawn process '/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts': Failed to execute > > child process "/usr/sbin/nscd" (No such file or directory) > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_spawn_process(): > > could not spawn process '/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts': Failed to execute > > child process "/usr/sbin/nscd" (No such file or directory) > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt avahi-daemon[6072]: Withdrawing address > > record for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx on wlan0. > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt avahi-daemon[6072]: Leaving mDNS multicast > > group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt avahi-daemon[6072]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no > > longer relevant for mDNS. > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt avahi-daemon[6072]: Joining mDNS multicast > > group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt avahi-daemon[6072]: New relevant interface > > wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS. > > Aug 20 23:12:04 luis-lpt avahi-daemon[6072]: Registering new address > > record for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx on wlan0.IPv4. > > Aug 20 23:12:05 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_spawn_process(): > > could not spawn process '/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts': Failed to execute > > child process "/usr/sbin/nscd" (No such file or directory) > > Aug 20 23:12:05 luis-lpt NetworkManager: <info> Policy set (wlan0) as > > default device for routing and DNS. > > Aug 20 23:12:05 luis-lpt nm-dispatcher.action: Script > > '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown' exited with error status > > 1. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > That's all for now! > > Thanks and keep up the good work > > Luís Silva > > > > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 19:16 +0200, Alexander Sack wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:00:23PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 16:09 +0200, Bjorge Solli wrote: > > > > > Dan Williams wrote: > > > > > > And committed to SVN trunk. Try it out, file bugs, send email to > > > > > > the > > > > > > list whne stuff doesn't work. I tested briefly against a Windows > > > > > > 2000 > > > > > > Server install and it seemed to go OK. > > > > > > > > > > I'm interested in trying this. I'm using Fedora 8 and standard NM. Do > > > > > I > > > > > need to compile a newer version to use pptp? > > > > > > > > Test builds have been built in koji for F8 for a while, but koji is down > > > > at the moment due to the ongoing Fedora infrastructure issues. It'll > > > > come out as an update to F8. If you'd like to compile yourself, I can > > > > send you the SRPMs that I uploaded to the Fedora buildsystem until koji > > > > comes back online. > > > > > > > > > FWIW, for ubuntu test packages are available in intrepid. The vpn > > > packages are based on a snapshot taken on 18th Aug. > > > > > > In case you are running hardy you can get them together with > > > various other NM 0.7 related bits from the network-manager team PPA: > > > > > > http://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive > > > > > > > > > p.s. I have no environment to test pptp, so feedback highly > > > appreciated. > > > > > > - Alexander > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > >
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