It seems there's a patch published. Unsure about the NM version and so if the patch applies to the Artful version of Ubuntu. Here's the bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772640
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #772640 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772640 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726155 Title: openvpn doesn't automatically connect Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Setting "connect automatically" doesn't work at all. The system starts up and nothing happens. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: network-manager-openvpn-gnome 1.2.10-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 22 23:58:11 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-20 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1726155/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
