i tried this with gnome-extra/nm-applet-0.8 and 0.7.2 (and the same version of networkmanager and the vpnc and openvpn plugins of course). If i try to add a vpn connection the add button is grey and not clickable. I used knetworkmanager until 2 days ago, and it was working great. (i tested the vpnc plugin connecting to my uni vpn, and it worked great). I already checked the syslog for dbus errors, but there is none. i also tried to start nm-applet from command line to see the app console output but again nothing at all. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install gnome-extra/nm-applet and net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc 2. left click on the nm-applet tray icon, select vpn connections -> configure vpn 3. the add button is grey you can't add a vpn connection Expected Results: I should be able to add a vpn connection
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Found it..... thanks to ewoerner in #nm that pointed me to the right solution. To be able to use the nm-vpnc plugin in nm-applet the vpnc plugin needs to be built with gnome USE flag. I'm sorry i didn't checked this before but i guessed it was for some sort of gnome integration different from just the gtk nm-applet configuration tool. May i suggest to modify the gnome USE description for this package in metadata.xml (which i checked but "add gnome suppert" didn't made my brain to think i need it since i use KDE :'( ) and maybe add a warning to ebuild if you think it is worth. I leave the decision to make this bug invalid or to change the description to something like "gnome USE description for gnome-extra/nm-applet should be changed" to the mantainer.
(In reply to comment #2) > Found it..... thanks to ewoerner in #nm that pointed me to the right solution. > To be able to use the nm-vpnc plugin in nm-applet the vpnc plugin needs to be > built with gnome USE flag. I'm sorry i didn't checked this before but i guessed > it was for some sort of gnome integration different from just the gtk nm-applet > configuration tool. I fell into the same trap with net-misc/networkmanager-pptp. So the generic gnome USE flag description "Adds GNOME support" is pretty misleading here. Maybe the VPN plugins should instead have a nm-applet USE flag...
May be the best solution is to replace the gnome USE flag with a more clear gtk USE flag. Ok they depends on some part of gnome like the keyring but still gtk might be more intuitive i think
This is now FIXED imho, if you agree we can close this. Thank you very much
(In reply to comment #5) You are right. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 427406 ***
