(net-dialup/ppp-2.4.4-r24 USE="dhcp mppe-mppc pam -activefilter -atm -eap-tls -gtk -ipv6 -radius" ) refuses to achieve mppe connection. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 0. Environnement is LXDE, newworkmanager, ppp, networkmanager-pppd 1. Configure a new VPN connection in nm-applet including activation of MPPE requirement in VPN Tab/Advanced. 2. Open the VPN Connection -> Failed Request 3. Actual Results: 1. VPN Connection reported to fail by nm-applet 2. Check in /var/log/messages the following lines are reported : Feb 12 01:12:12 m NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'... Feb 12 01:12:12 m NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 5330 Feb 12 01:12:12 m NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' just appeared, activating connections Feb 12 01:12:12 m NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 Feb 12 01:12:18 m NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 Feb 12 01:12:18 m pppd[5332]: unrecognized option 'require-mppe' Expected Results: 1. nm-applet should report VPN connection to be opened all ppp options in kernel have been selected. sha ppp # pppd --version pppd version 2.4.4 ppp # pptp --version pptp version 1.7.2 ppp # lsmod Module Size Used by ppp_mppe 6312 0 ppp_deflate 4356 0 bsd_comp 5508 0 ppp_async 8132 0 ppp_generic 18836 4 ppp_mppe,ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async slhc 5732 1 ppp_generic cat /etc/portage/package.use net-misc/networkmanager dbus dhcpcd dhclient resolvconf connection-sharing nss gnome-extra/nm-applet gnome net-misc/networkmanager-pptp gnome net-dialup/ppp mppe-mppc net-dialup/ppp dhcp netmount have been removed by rc-update. network ip is static. network in wired, and works flawlessly. if required www.itshidden.com should provide a free VPN client account. emerge --info Portage 2.1.7.16 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.10.1-r1, 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 i586) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6-i586-AMD-K6-tm-_3D_processor-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:45:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p35 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.10 dev-lang/python: 2.6.4 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r3 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc: 4.3.4 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1" CBUILD="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests ccache distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/ http://gentoo.mneisen.org/ http://de-mirror.org/distro/gentoo/" LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="fr" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="lzma" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS="-e" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session spl ssl sysfs tcpd unicode x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="fr" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
(In reply to comment #0) mppe-mppc USE flag has to be removed from > net-dialup/ppp mppe-mppc in /etc/portage/package.use file So it finally works. This USE flag is very confusing ! Thanks for your attention
