Bugzilla – Bug 405793
knetworkmanager: no user feedback for VPN connections
Last modified: 2009-09-15 13:38:11 UTC
I'm using kde 3.5.9, openSUSE 11.0, 64-bit. In comparison to openSUSE 10.3, knetworkmanager has some regressions when using the vpnc plugin, as listed below. 1). No progress bar is given when trying to connect to the vpn server, and the icon doesn't change in any way once connected (if it connects). Therefore, no feedback is given to the user as to the status of the connection. 2). If the VPN server returns a message (for example, something to the effect of a 'security notice' .. in 10.3 that would be shown on the screen in a dialog box. This no longer happens in 11.0. 3). The vpn connection drops after a few seconds / minutes of use, with no indication to the end user. Command-line 'vpnc' doesn't have this problem and will stay connected for 8+ hours.
I have the same problem on openSUSE 11.0, 32-bit.
(In reply to comment #0 from Chris Brown) > 1). No progress bar is given when trying to connect to the vpn server, and the > icon doesn't change in any way once connected (if it connects). Therefore, no > feedback is given to the user as to the status of the connection. Not done yet. > 2). If the VPN server returns a message (for example, something to the effect > of a 'security notice' .. in 10.3 that would be shown on the screen in a dialog > box. This no longer happens in 11.0. True, also missing due to 0.7 port. > 3). The vpn connection drops after a few seconds / minutes of use, with no > indication to the end user. Command-line 'vpnc' doesn't have this problem and > will stay connected for 8+ hours. That's not a KNetworkManager issue but most likely a bug in the NetworkManager VPNC backend. Could you please create a new bugreport for that one? Adjusting summary.
Also regression is : when connected, there no status indicating it. And more there's no user way to disconnect ? I'm forced to start offline, to kill the vpn connexion. Did you have plan for releasing the correction inside the main opensuse update or shall we had a special repository ? Thanks for all. B.
*** Bug 402495 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
has not been resolved in the lastest update I've actually these packages NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.r3647-9.1 NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0.r3685-7.1 NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.r3647-9.1 NetworkManager-openvpn-kde-0.7r821737-0.3 NetworkManager-0.7.0.r3685-7.1 NetworkManager-novellvpn-gnome-0.7.1-28.1 NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0.r729-7.1 NetworkManager-novellvpn-0.7.1-28.1 NetworkManager-kde-0.7r821737-0.3 NetworkManager-vpnc-kde-0.7r821737-0.3
The bug (402495) that this points to indicates that the problem has been resolved, but I am still having the problem as of today, all patches have been applied. Is there a special build on this, or is it only planned for 11.1? Just curious if we will see this fixed in 11.0.
JFYI this bug is not yet fixed.
Ping. This bug has still not been fixed, yet. Is it planed for 11.2?
I will add vpnc support to NetworkManager-kde4 for 11.2 and add the missing feedback.
Done for 11.2