On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 16:05 +0200, Thomas Haller wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 11:30 +0000, John Frankish wrote:
> > Using networkmanager-openvpn- 0.9.8.4 patched to use libsecret, I am unable
> > to connect.
> >
> > After configuring the vpn connection using gnome-control-center, I'm
> > prompted for the vpn password, but after entering it I get the error "
> > Connection activation failed: the VPN service failed to start".
> >
> > Running from the command line gives the output below.
> >
> > The tun module is compiled into the 3.8.13 kernel I'm using (CONFIG_TUN=y),
> > is this the source of the error?
>
> Yes. Seems like that is the cause of the error:
>
> if (system ("/sbin/modprobe tun") == -1)
> exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-openvpn/tree/src/nm-openvpn-service.c#n1626
>
>
> I am not sure, how to fix that best(?)
Ignore errors from the system() call and check for
"/sys/class/misc/tun" ?
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