Version: 0.9 (using Devel) OS: Linux KDE 4.5 RC1, knetworkmanager compiled from SVN, r1148396. Plasma applet looks really nice, but I have no way to initiate my VPN connection that was defined earlier. It is not listed on Connections pane on left click. I do not have any other user connections, only system ones. VPN connection definition: {pts/1}% cat ~/.kde4/share/config/networkmanagementrc [Connection_{3107f4bb-bd0d-4bed-b708-548c4259f5a6}] LastUsed=2010,3,6,10,16,50 Name=xxxx Type=vpn [General] Connections={3107f4bb-bd0d-4bed-b708-548c4259f5a6} {pts/1}% cat ~/.kde4/share/apps/networkmanagement/connections/\{3107f4bb-bd0d-4bed-b708-548c4259f5a6\} [connection] autoconnect=false icon=network-server id=xxxx timestamp=2010,3,6,10,16,50 type=vpn uuid={3107f4bb-bd0d-4bed-b708-548c4259f5a6} [ipv4] addresses= dhcpclientid= dhcphostname= dns= dnssearch= ignoreautoroute=false ignoredhcpdns=false method=Automatic neverdefault=false routes= [vpn] Data=IPSec ID,xxxx,IPSec gateway,xxxx,Xauth username,xxxx PluginName=networkmanagerment_vpncui SecretsStorageType=ipsec-secret-type,save,xauth-password-type,ask ServiceType=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc Reproducible: Always
The same is true for DSL (PPPoE) connections. Makes configuring them rather useless if you ask me. (Didn't work in KDE 4.4 either.)
I am using VPN connection without this problem in the latest Plasma NM snapshot. Can you test the latest snapshot and check if it works for you?
Connecting to VPNs works fine for me, I do this every day. DSL/PPPoE still doesn't though, I cloned this bug to bug 269669 to track that issue.