On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:13 -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 19:23 +0100, Lenezir wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > I need your knownledge ! > > With a friend we are trying to adapt the module "nm-pptp" of > > NetworkManager to the distribution Frugalware. > > At first glance, the VPN connection is made, but nothing can happen. > > When I go on a website, the browser tries endlessly to join it. > > Apparently, the problem comes from the DNS. > > In the settings of the wired and VPN, I put the OpenDNS IP and > > /etc/resolv.conf contains the correct IP addresses. > > Good catch; it looks like the pptp plugin just won't handle the VPN > gateway being a hostname, it should try to resolve the hostname to get > the IP address. NM needs the IP address of your gateway to ensure that > the routing table is set up correctly, and in this case the NM-pptp > plugin is getting it wrong. > > What's the output of 'route -n' when this problem occurs? > > In any case, an NM-pptp fix is in order here.
I've tried to fix this in these commits: d3bc17b87f7f4f9bc0f612b2e527e1548e7fe2d7 (master) 7f32f584f6b9bf0f6aa7ce8fae25c55e0a73cb08 (0.7.x) Let me know if they work for you, thanks! Dan > Dan > > > > Here is the log of NetworkManager when connecting to the VPN : > > > > NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'... > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' started > > (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 12367 > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN service > > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating connections > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 > > ** Message: <info> pppd started with pid 12375 > > > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'Ipredator' (Connect) reply received. > > Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded. > > Using interface ppp0 > > Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/5 > > sh: /bin/ip: No such file or directory > > sh: /bin/ip: No such file or directory > > CHAP authentication succeeded > > MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled > > local IP address 93.182.180.95 > > remote IP address 93.182.180.2 > > primary DNS address 93.182.182.85 > > secondary DNS address 93.182.182.85 > > ** Message: <info> PPTP service (IP Config Get) reply received. > > > > > > ** (process:12367): WARNING **: <WARN> get_pptp_gw_address_as_gvalue(): > > couldn't convert PPTP VPN gateway IP address 'vpn.ipredator.se' (0) > > > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'Ipredator' (IP Config Get) reply > > received. > > NetworkManager: nm_ip4_config_add_nameserver: assertion `nameserver != > > s' failed > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN Gateway: 0.0.0.0 > > NetworkManager: <info> Tunnel Device: ppp0 > > NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Address: 93.182.180.95 > > NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Prefix: 32 > > NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Point-to-Point Address: 93.182.180.2 > > NetworkManager: <info> Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0 > > NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 93.182.182.85 > > NetworkManager: <info> DNS Domain: '(none)' > > NetworkManager: <info> Login Banner: > > NetworkManager: <info> ----------------------------------------- > > NetworkManager: <info> (null) > > NetworkManager: <info> ----------------------------------------- > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'Ipredator' (IP Config Get) complete. > > NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Ipredator' (ppp0) as default for > > routing and DNS. > > NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 4 > > NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the supplicant... > > > > > > I hope you can help me. > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list