Bug#648184: gnome: cannot use NetworkManager to connect to a VPN

[Michael Biebl]

Am 09.11.2011 13:49, schrieb Julian Gilbey:
> Package: gnome
> Version: 1:3.0+3
> Severity: important
> 
> Since upgrading to GNOME 3 yesterday, I now find that network-manager
> is unable to connect to a VPN.  The message in .xsession-errors is:
> 
> ** (nm-applet:4570): WARNING **: Connection activation failed: Not
> authorized to control networking.
> 
> I don't have the faintest idea how to revert to the former behaviour.
> 

Are you using fallback mode or gnome-shell?
What's the output of ck-list-sessions?
If you are running "pkexec /bin/true", do you get a authentication
dialog and can you successfully authenticate?


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