Hi,
I'm new to Mint 19.1 (cinnamon) and have so far found it very simple to set up. I cannot however get it to connect to an occasional VPN I use. It's a PPTP and I'm setting it up via the network manager. All seems fairly obvious except the box to enter a password cannot be accessed (I can't tab or click into it to enter the password). I've discovered I can right-click on the box and paste in the password. It also prompts me for the password when I try to connect, but the connection always fails.
I'm dual-booting to Windows 10 - all works fine in Windows. Any suggestions?
Cannot set up PPTP VPN
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Shodan
Cannot set up PPTP VPN
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Re: Cannot set up PPTP VPN
hi Shodan!Shodan wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:07 pm Hi,
I'm new to Mint 19.1 (cinnamon) and have so far found it very simple to set up. I cannot however get it to connect to an occasional VPN I use. It's a PPTP and I'm setting it up via the network manager. All seems fairly obvious except the box to enter a password cannot be accessed (I can't tab or click into it to enter the password). I've discovered I can right-click on the box and paste in the password. It also prompts me for the password when I try to connect, but the connection always fails.
I'm dual-booting to Windows 10 - all works fine in Windows. Any suggestions?
it has been ages since I last used a ptpp VPN, so had a look around how to do it in LM19.1 (cinnamon). In NM settings I'm assuming you have clicked the + to add PTPP VPN which opens the Add VPN dialog. Locally I see a
(question mark) in the password box, clicking on that may show a default action that will help (e.g. store password for user, for all, ask every time or none required) see if toggling through those helps at all. You might also want to enter advanced settings and make sure those match VPN provider requirements, otherwise I am at a loss here (still new to linux so that's not a surprise;)-
Shodan
Re: Cannot set up PPTP VPN
Thanks for the suggestions. Alas, no success.
I decided to try a different flavour of Linux (Manjaro) and the VPN set up worked straight away.
Likely I'll come back and try Mint again in the future however...
I decided to try a different flavour of Linux (Manjaro) and the VPN set up worked straight away.
Likely I'll come back and try Mint again in the future however...