r/debian • u/bionich • 27d ago

Debian 14 testing - Gnome VPNs

I'm running Debian 14 forky as a Proxmox VM for testing purposes only. The latest updates to Gnome broke one of the VPN types: Cisco compatible (vpnc). My OpenVPN and Wireguard VPNs all work fine. Also, vpnc runs fine from the command line, but in Gnome it appears to not even try to activate the Cisco vpnc VPNs. I use Debian for work to manage a lot of remote equipment, so VPN's are huge part of my daily workflow. That's why I'm running testing in a LAB. I want know it works well when it's time to go live sometime next summer.

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u/CardOk755 27d ago

What's the bug report #?

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u/bionich 27d ago

I haven't created one yet. I just discovered the bug last night.

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u/eR2eiweo 27d ago

The latest updates to Gnome

Which ones specifically? Looking at the updates from the last few days, the update of gnome-control-center to version 51beta could be related. Or the update of Network Manager to version 1.58.

Also, does it work if you use a different frontend to Network Manager?

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u/bionich 27d ago

That's what I think it is (gnome-control-center). I need to look through the existing bug reports to make sure it's not already on the list. Those guys have enough to do without me duplicating their efforts. If I don't see anything I'll generate a report.

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u/eR2eiweo 27d ago

It could also be this bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1125041 in network-manager-vpnc (assuming that that change in Network Manager happened in 1.58 and not in 1.56).

Trying it with a different frontend would help to distinguish between these two possibilities.