Public bug reported: Binary package hint: vpnc
Running Karmic 9.10, 64-bit ppann...@orangeiguana:/var/log$ apt-cache policy vpnc vpnc: Installed: 0.5.3-1 Candidate: 0.5.3-1 Version table: *** 0.5.3-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Vpnc will only connect successfully the first time per session. If you for any reason disconnect (e.g. sleeping the laptop), all vpn connections will fail *until* you reboot the computer, in which case the vpn connect *will succeed*. This is reproducible. Also note, you can connect and disconnect to "regular" (WPA2, TTLS, WEP) at will, both before and after the one and only vpn connection / session. This leads me to believe the issue is with vpnc and not wireless in general. Relevant output from syslog: (complete syslogs are attached) [From First (successful) connect]: Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc'... Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 4533 Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana kernel: [14624.492405] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana kernel: [14624.492408] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <m...@qualcomm.com> Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' just appeared, activating connections Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'UM On-Campus Wireless' (Connect) reply received. Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0) Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana kernel: [14624.629071] tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions Nov 3 15:11:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0): no ifupdown configuration found. Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'UM On-Campus Wireless' (IP Config Get) reply received. Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN Gateway: 141.211.255.196 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Tunnel Device: tun0 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Address: 141.211.4.232 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Prefix: 22 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Point-to-Point Address: 141.211.4.232 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 141.211.144.17 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 141.211.125.17 Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> DNS Domain: 'umich.edu' Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Login Banner: Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> ----------------------------------------- Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> (null) Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> ----------------------------------------- Nov 3 15:11:58 orangeiguana vpnc[4540]: can't open pidfile /var/run/vpnc/pid for writing Nov 3 15:11:59 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> (tun0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Nov 3 15:12:00 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'UM On-Campus Wireless' (IP Config Get) complete. Nov 3 15:12:00 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> (tun0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Nov 3 15:12:00 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'UM On-Campus Wireless' (tun0) as default for routing and DNS. Nov 3 15:12:00 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 4 [From a subsequent attempt to connect]: Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc'... Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 15479 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' just appeared, activating connections Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpdate[15466]: no server suitable for synchronization found Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15507]: ntpd 4.2....@1.1549-o Fri Oct 23 04:31:46 UTC 2009 (1) Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: precision = 1.000 usec Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 Enabled Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: Listening on interface #3 wlan0, fe80::221:6bff:feab:e0f6#123 Enabled Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: Listening on interface #4 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: Listening on interface #5 wlan0, 141.212.52.248#123 Enabled Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: kernel time sync status 2040 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana ntpd[15508]: frequency initialized 16.488 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'UM On-Campus Wireless' (Connect) reply received. Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin failed: 1 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Nov 5 15:13:57 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto CAEN Wireless' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. Nov 5 15:14:01 orangeiguana wpa_supplicant[1398]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Nov 5 15:14:02 orangeiguana wpa_supplicant[1398]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Nov 5 15:14:10 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <debug> [1257452050.002412] ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 15479 to exit Nov 5 15:14:10 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <debug> [1257452050.002558] ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 15479 cleaned up Nov 5 15:14:41 orangeiguana wpa_supplicant[1398]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Nov 5 15:15:01 orangeiguana CRON[15557]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc'... Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 15584 Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' just appeared, activating connections Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'UM On-Campus Wireless' (Connect) reply received. Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin failed: 1 Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Nov 5 15:15:20 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto CAEN Wireless' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. Nov 5 15:15:33 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <debug> [1257452133.002443] ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 15584 to exit Nov 5 15:15:33 orangeiguana NetworkManager: <debug> [1257452133.002631] ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 15584 cleaned up I attempted the fix described in this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vpnc/+bug/239570 As the symptom "The VPN login failed because the VPN program could not connect to the VPN server." was the same, but this did not help. I am happy to help debug in any way. Thanks! ** Affects: vpnc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- vpnc will only connect successfully on first try per session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/475814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs