Cyberghost VPN

[iancunningham]

Hi, i have just purchased a 2nd hand HP Elitebook with the express intention of daily driving Linux. I am getting sick of Windoze bloatware and adverts and think its time to see if i can daily drive a linux distro. I have picked Kubuntu with the Plasma desktop and after 7 days of slowly looking at what I use on windows and finding an equivalent to replace it, I have pretty much gotten then basic done. I am reading my emails and surfing the web. Doing my accounts and I am very happy with everything. I am getting to the end of my job list and finally come to a VPN. I have an account with CyberGhost so it makes sense to use their service. However I have followed the installation instructions as best I can and everything says its been installed ok and my account has been verified.

The 1st thing I have notice is the lack of a GUI, so I tried the command line and still cannot anything to work. Has anyone else managed to get Cyberghost working?, is there a GIU available for newbie's ?

my setup is :

System:
Host: ian-hpelitebook840g5 Kernel: 6.8.0-36-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 tk: Qt v: 5.15.13 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Kubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) base: Ubuntu
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 840 G5 v: SBKPF
serial: <superuser required> Chassis:type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 83B2 v: KBC Version 04.6E.00 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 2FA62AV uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: HP v: Q78 Ver. 01.28.00
date: 04/15/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 35.8/50.2 Wh (71.4%)
volts: 12.3 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: 02516 2019/07/26 status: full cycles: 304
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-7300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check rev: 9 cache:L1: 128 KiB
L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz):avg: 800 min/max: 400/3500 cores:1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
bogomips: 21599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports:active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1,
HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HP HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b5ee class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver:X:loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x403d res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158
size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw:drv: intel iris platforms:device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless:drv: iris x11:drv: iris
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.5-1ubuntu1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:5916
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0
type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:5916 device: 1 type: cpu
driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-36-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with:1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: f8:b4:6a:e9:6a:b3
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: d4:d2:52:ed:1e:8a
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: D42:52:ED:1E:8E
bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8 sub-v: 100 hci-v: 8 rev: 100 class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage:total: 238.47 GiB used: 44.64 GiB (18.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN520
SDAPNUW-256G-1006 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD
serial: 192849452111 fw-rev: 20120006 temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 233.38 GiB used: 44.63 GiB (19.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 7.7 MiB (2.6%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures:cpu: 61.0 C pch: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory:total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.47 GiB used: 3.94 GiB (25.5%)
Processes: 222 Power:uptime: 1h 53m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5)
default: graphical
Packages: 2574 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2551 pm: snap pkgs: 23 Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34

A big thank you in advance.

[Snowhog]

Welcome to KFN.

What version of Kubuntu did you install? Assuming either 20.04 or 22.04, the two versions supported, then check out this installation guide: https://medium.com/@wabwilejoseph432...e-919a669dc4cf and verify that you did all the steps.

[iancunningham]

Hi, thanks for the prompt reply.

I have installed Kubuntu 24.04, the article on medium.com simply does not work, some of the step do and some do not. I have managed to get it installed now but still unable to get it running.

when I run the command as stated, the following happens.

case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$ sudo cyberghostvpn --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$

I have checked my IP using curl ifconfig and its the same, it does not change.

case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$ sudo cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code DE --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... frankfurt-s490-i35
Connecting ...
Downloading configuration ...
case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$

but after checking my ip address it is the same as normal.

any ideas ?, wish there was a nice GUI available for newbie idiots like me.

[Snowhog]

I can only state what the site link I provided indicates, and that's that CyberGhostVPN supports Ubuntu/Kubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. If you are having issues, I'm prone to suggest that it's because you are attempting to install/run it on a version of Ubuntu/Kubuntu the developer isn't (yet) supporting.

[oshunluvr]

Hi, thanks for the prompt reply.

I have installed Kubuntu 24.04, the article on medium.com simply does not work, some of the step do and some do not. I have managed to get it installed now but still unable to get it running.

when I run the command as stated, the following happens.

case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$ sudo cyberghostvpn --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$

I have checked my IP using curl ifconfig and its the same, it does not change.

case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$ sudo cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code DE --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... frankfurt-s490-i35
Connecting ...
Downloading configuration ...
case@ian-hpelitebook840g5:~$

but after checking my ip address it is the same as normal.

any ideas ?, wish there was a nice GUI available for newbie idiots like me.

How are you "checking" your IP address? I've not used CyberGhost, I use PIA. Here, the IP address of my ethernet and/or wifi connections remain the assigned IPs as normal, but the virtual adapter - TUN0 - shows the external IP.

I run this to check:

curl ipinfo.io

[iancunningham]

How are you "checking" your IP address? I've not used CyberGhost, I use PIA. Here, the IP address of my ethernet and/or wifi connections remain the assigned IPs as normal, but the virtual adapter - TUN0 - shows the external IP.

I run this to check:

curl ipinfo.io

I am using

https://www.iplocation.net/, i check before and after and they stay the same.

[iancunningham]

I can only state what the site link I provided indicates, and that's that CyberGhostVPN supports Ubuntu/Kubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. If you are having issues, I'm prone to suggest that it's because you are attempting to install/run it on a version of Ubuntu/Kubuntu the developer isn't (yet) supporting.

Thank you, from my extremely knowledge of linux i would have agree.