I have the exact same issue, with the same symptoms. My computer (64-bit ubuntu 14.10 laptop) sometimes cannot access any vpn at all, whether it is an openvpn or an ipsec vpn. From the GUI front end of the Network Manager, clicking on the vpn connection in the menu to initiate a connection just fails silently (the menu closes, and nothing happens). When using the command line tool (nmcli c up uuid ...) the result is: "Error: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets".
It seems to be related to the networkmanager not being able to retrieve the password information from the gnome keyring, but I have no idea how to permanently fix this. So far, I just delete the connection and re- create it again to make it works. It is time-consuming, and I would really like a real fix for this bug. Note that the keyring seems to be unlocked just fine since my ssh id_rsa is working without asking me for the password. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tracker in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1375106 Title: VPN connection failed. Status in “tracker” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: My VPN connection was working fine but now I get the error message 'VPN connection failed because there were no valid VPN secrets'. I am using Ubuntu 14.10 with Network Manager 0.9.8.8-0ubunty27 and openvpn 2.3.2-9ununtu1 I tried to connect to my VPN server (Private Internet Access) but got the above error message instead. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/1375106/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
