@jingles still suffering from this; even with my firewall disabled:
● ufw.service - Uncomplicated firewall
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ufw.service; enabled; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2017-10-29 23:35:18 GMT; 7min ago
Docs: man:ufw(8)
Process: 15919 ExecStop=/lib/ufw/ufw-init stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 337 ExecStart=/lib/ufw/ufw-init start quiet (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 337 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Oct 29 23:35:18 tim-573P.m1.manifest.co.uk systemd[1]: Stopping Uncomplicated
firewall...
Oct 29 23:35:18 tim-573P.m1.manifest.co.uk systemd[1]: Stopped Uncomplicated
firewall.
Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is
incomplete or unavailable.
then syslog contains:
23:46:57 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to
re-register :1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead
Oct 29 23:47:00 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: message repeated 7 times: [
[AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register
:1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead]
Oct 29 23:47:01 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN]
Attempting to re-register :1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload;
resetting instead
Oct 29 23:47:13 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: message repeated 25 times: [
[AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register
:1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead]
Oct 29 23:47:13 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320833.9569] audit:
op="connection-activate" uuid="a3732481-3cb7-4d38-8742-f63da6e56544"
name="Manifest" pid=16231 uid=1000 result="success"
Oct 29 23:47:13 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320833.9657]
vpn-connection[0x563edd4c62d0,a3732481-3cb7-4d38-8742-f63da6e56544,"Manifest",0]:
Started the VPN service, PID 16479
Oct 29 23:47:13 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320833.9748]
vpn-connection[0x563edd4c62d0,a3732481-3cb7-4d38-8742-f63da6e56544,"Manifest",0]:
Saw the service appear; activating connection
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320834.0030]
vpn-connection[0x563edd4c62d0,a3732481-3cb7-4d38-8742-f63da6e56544,"Manifest",0]:
VPN connection: (ConnectInteractive) reply received
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320834.0098]
vpn-connection[0x563edd4c62d0,a3732481-3cb7-4d38-8742-f63da6e56544,"Manifest",0]:
VPN plugin: state changed: starting (3)
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P pppd[16483]: Plugin
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: Plugin
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P pppd[16483]: pppd 2.4.7 started by root, uid 0
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]:
((src/devices/nm-device.c:1452)): assertion '' failed
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P pptp[16488]: nm-pptp-service-16479
log[main:pptp.c:353]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P systemd-udevd[16487]: link_config: autonegotiation is
unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320834.0175]
manager: (ppp0): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/11)
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P pppd[16483]: Using interface ppp0
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: Using interface ppp0
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P pppd[16483]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320834.0292]
devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320834.0298] device
added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown
configuration found.
Oct 29 23:47:14 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN]
Attempting to re-register :1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload;
resetting instead
Oct 29 23:47:16 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: message repeated 5 times: [
[AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register
:1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead]
Oct 29 23:47:17 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN]
Attempting to re-register :1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload;
resetting instead
Oct 29 23:47:44 tim-573P gnome-shell[2404]: message repeated 55 times: [
[AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register
:1.65/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead]
Oct 29 23:47:45 tim-573P pppd[16483]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Oct 29 23:47:45 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: LCP: timeout sending
Config-Requests
Oct 29 23:47:45 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: Connection terminated.
Oct 29 23:47:45 tim-573P pppd[16483]: Connection terminated.
Oct 29 23:47:45 tim-573P NetworkManager[1318]: [1509320865.0489]
vpn-connection[0x563edd4c62d0,a3732481-3cb7-4d38-8742-f63da6e56544,"Manifest",0]: