failed VPN

[DimitriDV]

I just installed BT to my hdd and im encountering many minor issues

One if them being not be able to connect to my VPN. I tried to google it and follow there advices but with no succes

I have installed the networkmanager and launch it with

nm-applet&

i can connect to a wireless AP with it but i cant connect to the VPN. I have double checked the preferences of the VPN and followed the instructions given by the VPN provider and I cant see why it shouldent work.

Anyway, after i connect to the wifi i try to connect to the VPN and the only thing that happens is that a notification pops up and say:

"VPN Connection Failed

The VPN connection '*****' failed becouse the VPN service failed to start"

Thnx, much appreciated.







I have also tried openvpn and this is the command line putput:

Wed Nov 14 09:27:13 2012 OpenVPN 2.1.0 i486-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [PF_INET6] [eurephia] built on Jul 20 2010
Enter Auth Username:*******
Enter Auth Password:
Wed Nov 14 09:27:27 2012 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Wed Nov 14 09:27:27 2012 LZO compression initialized
Wed Nov 14 09:27:27 2012 RESOLVE: NOTE: jenny.vpntunnel.se resolves to 5 addresses, choosing one by random
Wed Nov 14 09:27:27 2012 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Wed Nov 14 09:27:27 2012 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]***.**.**.**:****
Wed Nov 14 09:27:27 2012 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Wed Nov 14 09:27:28 2012 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]***.**.**.**:****
Wed Nov 14 09:27:30 2012 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Wed Nov 14 09:27:30 2012 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 ***.**.**.** netmask 255.255.255.224 mtu 1500 broadcast ***.**.**.**
Wed Nov 14 09:27:30 2012 Initialization Sequence Completed



and thats it, it just stays there for ever. Anyone experienced this?

[thorin]

What did you expect to see after that?

Seems fine to me, tun0 got addressing, what happens when you try to use it?

[raskolnikov]

If you received "Wed Nov 14 09:27:30 2012 Initialization Sequence Completed" than it is likely working. What is the output of ifconfig? You should see a tun interface and the corresponding information, indicating you have a successful VPN connection... which you already know, because openvpn has just told you as thorin stated. When the connection is initialized it will not do anything fancy, it will simply start working. Try interacting with the network which you have a VPN connection to, and you will likely find those interactions succes

[Flooding]

i have installed backtrack 5 r2 and i install network gnome manager ,with VPN connection i'm going on internet ,that's ok ,
problem is next, i buy new computer ,install bt and now i can not connect to VPN ,everything is ok but vpn connection is failed every time i try to connect
when i replace HDD to old computer and start BT i can connect to VPN ,put the HDD back to new computer and again the same error ,


any help ?

[thorin]

put the HDD back to new computer and again the same error

What error?