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"VPN" tab is missing.

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"VPN" tab is missing.

#1 Post by hack3rcon »

Hello,
According to https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup/ tutorial, I want to import OpenVPN configuration, but I can't see any "VPN" tab: https://ibb.co/25zKcfV
What is wrong? I'm using MATE Desktop.

Thank you.

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#2 Post by RU55EL »

You need to ask at ProtonVPN.

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#3 Post by hack3rcon »

RU55EL wrote:You need to ask at ProtonVPN.
Is it because of their service?

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#4 Post by reinob »

The problem is, as far as I can see, that your network manager does not support the VPN option.
Maybe whatever NM version your desktop is using is too old or something.

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#5 Post by RU55EL »

hack3rcon wrote:
RU55EL wrote:You need to ask at ProtonVPN.
Is it because of their service?
Because they wrote the software.

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#6 Post by reinob »

RU55EL wrote:
hack3rcon wrote:
RU55EL wrote:You need to ask at ProtonVPN.
Is it because of their service?
Because they wrote the software.
It's network manager (or whatever lookalike MATE Desktop may be using), which is certainly not written by the Proton people.

The OP probably needs to apt install network-manager-openvpn-gnome, but how would he know, if he never reads the documentation of anything.

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#7 Post by hack3rcon »

I installed "network-manager-openvpn". I'm using MATE Desktop.
I installed "network-manager-openvpn-gnome" and problem solved, but why not "network-manager-openvpn" ?

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#8 Post by RU55EL »

reinob wrote:
It's network manager (or whatever lookalike MATE Desktop may be using), which is certainly not written by the Proton people.

The OP probably needs to apt install network-manager-openvpn-gnome, but how would he know, if he never reads the documentation of anything.
Good call!

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#9 Post by reinob »

hack3rcon wrote:I installed "network-manager-openvpn". I'm using MATE Desktop.
I installed "network-manager-openvpn-gnome" and problem solved, but why not "network-manager-openvpn" ?
Believe or not, network-manager is (in debian) a command line program/daemon.

If you want GUI, you need network-management-gnome, and if you want the openvpn GUI then you need network-management-openvpn-gnome.

I imagine there's also some kind of network-manager-kde or whatever.

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#10 Post by hughesbobbi »

The first problem: when trying to connect to a remote VPN L2TP server, the VPN connection window freezes in the "connection" state.

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#11 Post by reinob »

pro-tip: maybe you want to start a new thread, instead of necroposting like this..
:)

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