Ubuntu
gnome-shell package

gnome-shell looks for VPN plugins in /usr/lib/gnome-shell instead of /usr/lib/NetworkManager

Bug #990074 reported by Anders Kaseorg
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Bug Description

When I try to connect to a VPN from within gnome-shell, I get these errors:

      JS LOG: Error 'VPN plugin at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/nm-openconnect-auth-dialog is not executable' while processing VPN keyfile '/etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openconnect-service.name'
      JS LOG: Error 'VPN plugin at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/nm-pptp-auth-dialog is not executable' while processing VPN keyfile '/etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name'
      JS LOG: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)

because the plugins live in /usr/lib/NetworkManager, not /usr/lib/gnome-shell.

(Sometimes it works anyway, because a race condition sometimes lets nm-applet handle the VPN connection instead of gnome-shell. See bug 985788. But gnome-shell should be able to handle this itself.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 27 16:01:00 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :
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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

Hmm, if I try to work around this by making a symlink /usr/lib/gnome-shell/nm-openconnect-auth-dialog → ../NetworkManager/nm-openconnect-auth-dialog, while connecting to a VPN, gnome-shell crashes after I enter my username and password. The crash looks similar to bug 864159.

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Fixed in Quantal, updated paths to specific an absolute path for auth-dialog for each of the VPN plugins.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

(That was bug 985788)

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