[arch-general] ppp 2.4.6 in testing breaks pptp connections in NetworkManager

[Savyasachee Jha]

I downgraded for the moment, though thanks. Will the affected packages be
recompiled in testing, or should I recompile using the abs myself?

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Savyasachee Jha

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On Feb 23, 2014 6:40 PM, "Thomas Bächler" <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:

> Am 23.02.2014 08:42, schrieb Savyasachee Jha:
> > Whenever I try connecting to my university's VPN, the authentication
> fails. Running systemctl status NetworkManager gives me the message:
> >
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> Starting VPN service
> 'pptp'...
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN service 'pptp'
> started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 946
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN service 'pptp'
> appeared; activating connections
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN plugin state
> changed: starting (3)
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN connection
> 'KUINS' (Connect) reply received.
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire pppd[947]: Plugin
> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so is for pppd version 2.4.5, this
> is 2.4.6
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <warn> VPN plugin failed: 0
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN plugin state
> changed: stopped (6)
> > Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN plugin state
> change reason: 10
> >
> > I went to /usr/lib/pppd and found 2 folders, 2.4.5 and 2.4.6. Should I
> recompile networkmanager-pptp and pptpclient?
>
> The networkmanager, networkmanager-pptp and pppd-ldap-simple packages
> should probably be recompiled.
>
> extra/networkmanager 0.9.8.8-1
> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pppd-plugin.so
> extra/networkmanager-pptp 0.9.8.4-1
> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so
> community/pppd-ldap-simple 0.12b-6
> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/pppd_ldap_simple.so
>
> (Good thing that anyone actually uses testing/ppp to notice these
> problems.)
>
>