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I have a problem with the GUI network-manager for VPN. When I use it I get an error message:

unable to load VPN network connection editor

If I use the terminal it works. How can I get the network GUI to work?. Any ideas?.

Zanna
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  • Just a note that if anyone is trying to install/add PPTP to the Network Manager the command sudo apt-get install network-manager-pptp-gnome – wyrml4 Nov 18 '19 at 21:22

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I have just had the same problem which I fixed. I was attempting to add an OpenVPN connection (you haven't stated which type of VPN you're using) but the idea will work. I already had openvpn and network-manager-openvpn installed via apt, but I needed to add network-manager-openvpn-gnome

sudo apt install network-manager-openvpn-gnome

then restarted network manager (this kills networking until it's fully restarted)

sudo service network-manager restart

After this, I could open system settings again, go to networking and add my OpenVPN stuff.

This has been an issue for a couple of years and was answered here: Unable to load VPN connection editor in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Cheers

FatPopDoWop
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  • Hi, I'm trying to install OpenVPN. I have both network-manager-openvpn and network-manager-openvpn-gnome installed. – Anders Weinberg May 03 '18 at 11:38
  • Hi, I'm trying to install OpenVPN. I have both network-manager-openvpn and network-manager-openvpn-gnome installed. For some reason can I not get the GUI to work. I just goes on/off with no error message. In terminal it works find with sudo openvpn 'etc....' It worked good in Ubuntu 17.10 and previous version... Any thoughts? – Anders Weinberg May 03 '18 at 11:44
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    If you click the GUI icon for network, the pull-down shows the usual network connection, the VPN option (if you managed to add a VPN successfully earlier), battery status (if a laptop), your username, and the three buttons at the bottom - settings, lockscreen, and shutdown. I click on VPN and it shows me the OpenVPN connections I had set up earlier plus a button for VPN settings. If you didn't successfully set up a VPN then this option is not in the drop-down. In that case, click on the Settings button, choose Network when the box appears and the + sign next to VPN to add. Maybe you did this? – FatPopDoWop May 03 '18 at 12:19
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    Yes all done. It's when I try to start the OpenVPN t just won't start. It work fine in a Terminal window.... – Anders Weinberg May 22 '18 at 09:34
  • I am following this thread https://www.aspkin.com/forums/ip-address/109664-solved-softether-client-linux-tutoral.html and still I can't have the VPN running on Ubuntu 18 – MuntingInsekto Jul 11 '18 at 09:35
  • Same problem as @AndersWeinberg – holmberd Jul 13 '19 at 03:32
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I have the same problem with my Ubuntu running in VMWare fusion. This works for me: Open network settings window, click on "Ifupdown (ens33)". Then you can connect VPN.

On every reboot you would need to redo it.

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  • Made sure I had the following packages installed:

sudo apt-get install openvpn network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome

  • Restart Network Manager:

sudo service network-manager restart

  • Made sure OpenVPN was running:

sudo service openvpn restart

I noticed the following errors in syslog grep VPN /var/log/syslog, can also check them look for them with systemctl status network-manager:

Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were available for this request.

  • Opened connection with nmcli, solved the issue.

nmcli --ask connection up VPN-CONNECTION-NAME

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