Hi,
My System:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:~$ inxi -Fxzd
System:
Kernel: 5.19.0-26-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.5 Distro: Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: Z370 Gaming Infinite X(MS-B916)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 9.40
date: 12/27/2017
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse charge: 55%
(should be ignored) status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard charge: 55%
(should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3219 high: 3700 min/max: 800/5000 cores: 1: 3700
2: 3700 3: 829 4: 3700 5: 3700 6: 3700 7: 3700 8: 800 9: 3700 10: 3700
11: 3700 12: 3700 bogomips: 88796
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01 arch: Pascal bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3 driver:
X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 2560x1440 2: 2560x1440
3: 2560x1440
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA
515.65.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-13:8 bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.0-26-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak]
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-7:4
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0
bus-ID: 00:17.0
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 10.3 TiB used: 5.85 TiB (56.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk
size: 5.46 TiB
ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Actions model: HS USB FlashDisk
size: 58.59 GiB
ID-5: /dev/sde type: USB vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAK256MAM-1K12
size: 238.47 GiB
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GUD0N rev: 1.00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 99.25 GiB (10.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 33.9 MiB (6.6%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 50%
Info:
Processes: 298 Uptime: 1h 17m Memory: 31.29 GiB used: 3.11 GiB (9.9%)
Init: systemd target: graphical (5) Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: 2308
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.2 inxi: 3.3.21
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I setup my VPN today = expressvpn
tried a test connection and it works great
I then download the pre-made ovpn files from expressvpn for the Ubuntu network connection manager and set a few of those up using instructions on Expressvpn
--I have done this before about a month ago on 20.04 LTS and all was working great
--I had a system crash due to bad user behaviour (I forgot I should NOT delete anything from /var - EVER - been a long time since I ran Linux as daily driver - so re-learning a bunch of stuff and THAT was a hard lesson)
I decided if I HAD to reinstall everything, may as well go with the most recent OS and install Kubuntu 22.10
The ExpressVPN connection setups in network manager were working fine until I got to the fifth one.
I set up Toronto = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Toronto2 = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Montreal = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Barcelona = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Barcelona2 = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Madrid= did not connect gave error failed to activate Madrid <-I thought maybe node down so continued
I set up Mexico = did not connect gave error failed to activate Mexico <-I thought maybe node down so continued
I set up New Jersey = did not connect gave error failed to activate New Jersey <-I thought no way 3 nods are down - this is unheard of for ExpressVPN
I go back to my first 5 connection that worked and tried them again - all are failing to connect with failed to activate error from KDE Plasma network manager
I go to terminal and all the above are connecting fine from the terminal
I run sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
I try to use network manager again:
-----------tail output below------------
Dec 02 21:25:50 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034350.2335] audit: op="connection-update" uuid="23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976" name="my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp" args="vpn.secrets,vpn.data,ipv6.addr-gen-mode" pid=6257 uid=>
Dec 02 21:25:52 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034352.5891] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp0s31f6" ifindex=2 args="2000" pid=2025 uid=1000 result="success"
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034354.6357] vpn[0x559b6b160200,23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976,"my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp"]: starting openvpn
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034354.6363] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976" name="my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp" pid=2025 uid=1000 result="success"
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[6342]: 2022-12-02 21:25:54 WARNING: Compression for receiving enabled. Compression has been used in the past to break encryption. Sent packets are not compressed unless "allow-compression yes" is also set.
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[6342]: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [CMD-LINE]:1: keysize (2.6_git)
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[6342]: Use --help for more information.
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <warn> [1670034354.7061] vpn[0x559b6b160200,23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976,"my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp"]: dbus: failure: connect-failed (1)
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <warn> [1670034354.7062] vpn[0x559b6b160200,23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976,"my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp"]: dbus: failure: connect-failed (1)
Dec 02 21:26:03 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034363.3413] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp0s31f6" ifindex=2 args="0" pid=2025 uid=1000 result="success"
-----------tail output above-----------
Al through out this the terminal works fine - which is, I suppose a blessing, but I AM a long time Windows user who is GUI addicted - I AM learning more about terminal though, thank god.
I have seen posts all over the web with this particular situation with network manager not working and this exact error from Arch to Ubuntu, Debian Fedora, Mint - this list goes on and it goes from 2013 to 2022 as near as I can find on the web.
I can use the terminal but prefer the GUI and network manager is my one and only option for VPN.
Any help resolving this would be MOST appreciated
My System:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:~$ inxi -Fxzd
System:
Kernel: 5.19.0-26-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.5 Distro: Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: Z370 Gaming Infinite X(MS-B916)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 9.40
date: 12/27/2017
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse charge: 55%
(should be ignored) status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard charge: 55%
(should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3219 high: 3700 min/max: 800/5000 cores: 1: 3700
2: 3700 3: 829 4: 3700 5: 3700 6: 3700 7: 3700 8: 800 9: 3700 10: 3700
11: 3700 12: 3700 bogomips: 88796
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01 arch: Pascal bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3 driver:
X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 2560x1440 2: 2560x1440
3: 2560x1440
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA
515.65.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-13:8 bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.0-26-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak]
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-7:4
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0
bus-ID: 00:17.0
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 10.3 TiB used: 5.85 TiB (56.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk
size: 5.46 TiB
ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Actions model: HS USB FlashDisk
size: 58.59 GiB
ID-5: /dev/sde type: USB vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAK256MAM-1K12
size: 238.47 GiB
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GUD0N rev: 1.00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 99.25 GiB (10.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 33.9 MiB (6.6%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 50%
Info:
Processes: 298 Uptime: 1h 17m Memory: 31.29 GiB used: 3.11 GiB (9.9%)
Init: systemd target: graphical (5) Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: 2308
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.2 inxi: 3.3.21
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I setup my VPN today = expressvpn
tried a test connection and it works great
I then download the pre-made ovpn files from expressvpn for the Ubuntu network connection manager and set a few of those up using instructions on Expressvpn
--I have done this before about a month ago on 20.04 LTS and all was working great
--I had a system crash due to bad user behaviour (I forgot I should NOT delete anything from /var - EVER - been a long time since I ran Linux as daily driver - so re-learning a bunch of stuff and THAT was a hard lesson)
I decided if I HAD to reinstall everything, may as well go with the most recent OS and install Kubuntu 22.10
The ExpressVPN connection setups in network manager were working fine until I got to the fifth one.
I set up Toronto = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Toronto2 = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Montreal = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Barcelona = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Barcelona2 = connect and disconnected fine
I set up Madrid= did not connect gave error failed to activate Madrid <-I thought maybe node down so continued
I set up Mexico = did not connect gave error failed to activate Mexico <-I thought maybe node down so continued
I set up New Jersey = did not connect gave error failed to activate New Jersey <-I thought no way 3 nods are down - this is unheard of for ExpressVPN
I go back to my first 5 connection that worked and tried them again - all are failing to connect with failed to activate error from KDE Plasma network manager
I go to terminal and all the above are connecting fine from the terminal
I run sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
I try to use network manager again:
-----------tail output below------------
Dec 02 21:25:50 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034350.2335] audit: op="connection-update" uuid="23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976" name="my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp" args="vpn.secrets,vpn.data,ipv6.addr-gen-mode" pid=6257 uid=>
Dec 02 21:25:52 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034352.5891] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp0s31f6" ifindex=2 args="2000" pid=2025 uid=1000 result="success"
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034354.6357] vpn[0x559b6b160200,23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976,"my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp"]: starting openvpn
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034354.6363] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976" name="my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp" pid=2025 uid=1000 result="success"
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[6342]: 2022-12-02 21:25:54 WARNING: Compression for receiving enabled. Compression has been used in the past to break encryption. Sent packets are not compressed unless "allow-compression yes" is also set.
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[6342]: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [CMD-LINE]:1: keysize (2.6_git)
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[6342]: Use --help for more information.
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <warn> [1670034354.7061] vpn[0x559b6b160200,23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976,"my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp"]: dbus: failure: connect-failed (1)
Dec 02 21:25:54 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <warn> [1670034354.7062] vpn[0x559b6b160200,23b2a451-911d-4f6c-969f-d9f0b1bc2976,"my_expressvpn_spain_-_barcelona_udp"]: dbus: failure: connect-failed (1)
Dec 02 21:26:03 who-r-u NetworkManager[874]: <info> [1670034363.3413] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp0s31f6" ifindex=2 args="0" pid=2025 uid=1000 result="success"
-----------tail output above-----------
Al through out this the terminal works fine - which is, I suppose a blessing, but I AM a long time Windows user who is GUI addicted - I AM learning more about terminal though, thank god.
I have seen posts all over the web with this particular situation with network manager not working and this exact error from Arch to Ubuntu, Debian Fedora, Mint - this list goes on and it goes from 2013 to 2022 as near as I can find on the web.
I can use the terminal but prefer the GUI and network manager is my one and only option for VPN.
Any help resolving this would be MOST appreciated
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