[ubuntu-in] NetworkManager VPN "Add" button is disabled

[Onkar Shinde]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Vishal Rao <vishalrao at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying out Intrepid Alpha 4 under VMWare 1.0.5 Server on WinXP
> with NAT networking option.
>
> I noticed NetworkManager (0.7?) has a "VPN" option but the "Add"
> button is disabled.
>
> I've installed the openvpn, vpnc, network-manager-openvpn,
> network-manager-vpnc[-gnome] packages.
> Trying to install network-manager-pptp gives a package error/conflict
> asking to uninstall network-manager and network-manager-gnome :-)
>
> How can I enable the VPN configuration so I can test it out?
>
> - Vishal

IIRC, the vpn plugins have  been ported very recently. They will be
available with NM 0.7 final release. What is currently available in
Intrepid is some svn snapshot which does not have ported vpn plugins.


Onkar