network-manager can't start openvpn connection with "dns=dnsmasq" in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I was trying to set up an OpenVPN connection on Precise, but it kept failing. It seemed like n-m was crashing every time the connection was established. A crash is logged by the kernel, but not picked up by apport.
Jan 13 07:33:34 martijn-desktop kernel: [32713.158614] NetworkManager[
After removing the new "dns=dnsmasq" line from /etc/NetworkMan
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.2.0+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Date: Fri Jan 13 07:39:55 2012
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
tun0 no wireless extensions.
NetworkManager.
[main]
NetworkingEnab
WirelessEnable
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-03 (40 days ago)
modified.
mtime.conffile.
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
XS4ALL VPN (openvpn) 16548840-
Wired connection 1 56f95544-
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.3.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.