Max-P on #privateinternetaccess (freenode) said <blockquote> That's weird, it seems to be failing doing IO on the VPN adapter
try these: <code>sudo sed s/comp-lzo=no/comp-lzo=yes/ -i /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA* sudo nmcli conn reload</code> Then you can try reconnecting otherwise you might need to update OpenVPN, 2.3 is pretty ancient </blockquote> I entered the commands. So far, so good! <code>$ sudo sed s/comp-lzo=no/comp-lzo=yes/ -i /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA* [sudo] password for cal: $ sudo nmcli conn reload $ exit</code> Now, I do as I'm told, to try reconnecting again. I keep another log, just in case. <code>Script started on Fri 26 Apr 2019 01:13:24 AM CDT $ sudo journalctl -fu NetworkManager.service [sudo] password for cal: -- Logs begin at Thu 2019-04-25 23:48:22 CDT. -- Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.8042] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - AU Sydney (ce6a8e07-345b-4fd3-a7ea-fec694fda763,"PIA - AU Sydney") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.8249] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - Austria (b5fd6341-af0e-4a90-8790-b80eb52fb281,"PIA - Austria") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.8457] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - Belgium (31496633-10a0-499f-b8e0-4a3312000135,"PIA - Belgium") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.8664] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - Brazil (55a1aa48-57f3-4473-b3a5-b45304bfe8ea,"PIA - Brazil") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.8872] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - CA Montreal (200b492c-8ee1-4231-b8c4-c2c05fff1bd2,"PIA - CA Montreal") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.9078] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - CA Toronto (948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.9287] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - CA Vancouver (048cda37-c906-40c2-8afa-e746c034f857,"PIA - CA Vancouver") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.9499] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - Czech Republic (35f3061a-926d-4845-bbc5-950f39430483,"PIA - Czech Republic") Apr 26 01:09:47 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258987.9708] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA - DE Berlin (2d844c22-38bd-4afb-a4d5-93e0a5e2d64e,"PIA - DE Berlin") Apr 26 01:09:48 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556258988.1384] keyfile: update /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Fairpoint7FFC 1 (91a6330f-3717-4013-b563-b5a3a46ab04d,"Fairpoint7FFC 1") ### Trying NetworkManager -> VPN Connections -> PIA - CA Toronto ### Apr 26 01:17:37 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259457.1394] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d" name="PIA - CA Toronto" pid=1141 uid=1000 result="success" Apr 26 01:17:37 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259457.1571] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 10655 Apr 26 01:17:37 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259457.1803] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection Apr 26 01:17:37 potato NetworkManager[806]: nm-openvpn-Message: openvpn[10662] started Apr 26 01:17:37 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259457.4355] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: starting (3) Apr 26 01:17:37 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259457.4356] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",0]: VPN connection: (ConnectInteractive) reply received Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mOpenVPN 2.3.10 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [IPv6] built on Jun 22 2017[0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mlibrary versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016, LZO 2.08[0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mWARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.[0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mNOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts[0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mNOTE: chroot will be delayed because of --client, --pull, or --up-delay[0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mNOTE: UID/GID downgrade will be delayed because of --client, --pull, or --up-delay[0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mUDPv4 link local: [undef][0m Apr 26 01:17:37 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mUDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]172.98.67.94:1197[0m Apr 26 01:17:38 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mWARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1570', remote='link-mtu 1542'[0m Apr 26 01:17:38 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mWARNING: 'cipher' is used inconsistently, local='cipher AES-256-CBC', remote='cipher BF-CBC'[0m Apr 26 01:17:38 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mWARNING: 'auth' is used inconsistently, local='auth SHA256', remote='auth SHA1'[0m Apr 26 01:17:38 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mWARNING: 'keysize' is used inconsistently, local='keysize 256', remote='keysize 128'[0m Apr 26 01:17:38 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39m[360f7c9b2337f5e1e2d12cc7c84b6a7a] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]172.98.67.94:1197[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mTUN/TAP device tun0 opened[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39m/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper --bus-name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn.Connection_4 --tun -- tun0 1500 1570 10.28.10.6 10.28.10.5 init[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.5498] manager: (tun0): new Tun device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3) Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.5852] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",0]: VPN connection: (IP Config Get) reply received. Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.5926] devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0) Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.5927] device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0): no ifupdown configuration found. Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.5988] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: VPN connection: (IP4 Config Get) reply received Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6012] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: VPN Gateway: 172.98.67.94 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6013] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Tunnel Device: tun0 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6013] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: IPv4 configuration: Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6014] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Internal Gateway: 10.28.10.5 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6014] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Internal Address: 10.28.10.6 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6015] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Internal Prefix: 32 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6015] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Internal Point-to-Point Address: 10.28.10.5 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6015] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6016] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Static Route: 10.28.10.1/32 Next Hop: 10.28.10.5 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6016] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Forbid Default Route: no Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6016] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Internal DNS: 209.222.18.222 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6017] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: Internal DNS: 209.222.18.218 Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6017] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: DNS Domain: '(none)' Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6017] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: Data: No IPv6 configuration Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6019] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: VPN plugin: state changed: started (4) Apr 26 01:17:40 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mchroot to '/var/lib/openvpn/chroot' and cd to '/' succeeded[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mGID set to nm-openvpn[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mUID set to nm-openvpn[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6113] vpn-connection[0x223f5b0,948077d5-b556-4064-976a-d7296ba9b59d,"PIA - CA Toronto",4:(tun0)]: VPN connection: (IP Config Get) complete Apr 26 01:17:40 potato nm-openvpn[10662]: [0;1;39mInitialization Sequence Completed[0m Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6125] device (tun0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed') [10 20 41] Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6523] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6588] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.6609] dns-mgr: Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.8544] dns-mgr: Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.9053] keyfile: add connection in-memory (5aaac1a0-3402-4d0d-9767-8d20ae7526c4,"tun0") Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.9089] device (tun0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed') [20 30 41] Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.9153] device (tun0): Activation: starting connection 'tun0' (5aaac1a0-3402-4d0d-9767-8d20ae7526c4) Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.9194] dns-mgr: Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf Apr 26 01:17:40 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259460.9939] device (tun0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0] Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0029] device (tun0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0] Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0057] device (tun0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0] Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0102] device (tun0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none') [70 80 0] Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0142] device (tun0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none') [80 90 0] Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0217] device (tun0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none') [90 100 0] Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0564] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0569] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0572] policy: set 'tun0' (tun0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS Apr 26 01:17:41 potato NetworkManager[806]: <info> [1556259461.0575] device (tun0): Activation: successful, device activated.</code> NetworkManager sent a desktop notification saying "Successfully established." No password needed this time, either! So, I tested the connection. First, I pinged Google -- <code>$ ping google.com PING google.com (172.217.0.238) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from dfw06s38-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.0.238): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=716 ms 64 bytes from dfw06s38-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.0.238): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=614 ms 64 bytes from dfw06s38-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.0.238): icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=636 ms ^C --- google.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 3641ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 614.238/655.767/716.710/44.033 ms $ </code> Excellent! And google.com also loaded in Abrowser just fine. It even said "Canada" in the bottom left corner! This looks good. Next, I checked wtfismyip.com. It, too, reports that I'm in Canada. <code>{ "YourFuckingIPAddress": "172.98.67.94", "YourFuckingLocation": "Toronto, ON, Canada", "YourFuckingHostname": "172.98.67.94", "YourFuckingISP": "Total Server Solutions L.L.C.", "YourFuckingTorExit": "false", "YourFuckingCountryCode": "CA" }</code> Success! I guess I got the help I needed on IRC, after all. I hope this helps someone! <code>^C $ exit Script done on Fri 26 Apr 2019 01:24:28 AM CDT</code>
