[SOLVED] Unable to connect to OpenVPN server on current. Also, unable to build NetworkManager-openvpn

Hello,

I am running the most up to date version of Slackware64 -current, however I am unable to connect to OpenVPN networks using NetworkManager.

I have version 1.8.6 of the NetworkManager-openvpn plugin installed from a previous time I built it. However, if I try to rebuild it, or build 1.8.10 it fails saying:

checking for LIBNM_GTK... no
configure: error: Package requirements (libnm-gtk >= 1.7.0) were not met:

No package 'libnm-gtk' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBNM_GTK_CFLAGS
and LIBNM_GTK_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

When I try to connect to an OpenVPN server using NetworkManager it fails saying "The service providing the OpenVPN connection was stopped."

Here is the log output in the system messages.

Jul 19 14:05:23 Canned nm-openvpn[22059]: OpenVPN 2.4.7 x86_64-slackware-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Feb 20 2019
Jul 19 14:05:23 Canned nm-openvpn[22059]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1c  28 May 2019, LZO 2.10
Jul 19 14:05:23 Canned nm-openvpn[22059]: Exiting due to fatal error
Jul 19 14:05:23 Canned NetworkManager[2733]: <info>  [1563559523.9602] vpn-connection[0xf7a2e0,c4ee9854-7afa-4f1e-9d68-63fff6beeff4,"client1_201906152248",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopping (5)
Jul 19 14:05:23 Canned NetworkManager[2733]: <info>  [1563559523.9603] vpn-connection[0xf7a2e0,c4ee9854-7afa-4f1e-9d68-63fff6beeff4,"client1_201906152248",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
Jul 19 14:05:23 Canned NetworkManager[2733]: <info>  [1563559523.9613] vpn-connection[0xf7a2e0,c4ee9854-7afa-4f1e-9d68-63fff6beeff4,"client1_201906152248",0]: VPN service disappeared

I did notice another thread regarding OpenVPN connections failing, and build failures for the OpenVPN plugin here https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5873813

However, I don't see anyone having resolved the issue in that thread. Is this issue resolved? Is it possible to begin connecting to OpenVPN servers again using NetworkManager?

The version of KDE I am running is 4.14.38.

Originally Posted by The_Dark_Passenger checking for LIBNM_GTK... no configure: error: Package requirements (libnm-gtk >= 1.7.0) were not met: No package 'libnm-gtk' found

Try adding --without-libnm-gtk to the ./configure options.

Thanks Pat for the reply. After further tinkering with this it actually appears it may have been an issue with the OpenVPN profile itself causing an issue. As I was just now able to try a configuration from another OpenVPN server that worked. I'll continue trying to figure out what's going on with the OpenVPN profile.