https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 25 May 2014 18:19:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/I have the following setup: [connection] id=My connection name uuid=aa-bb-cc-dd type=vpn permissions=user:theuser:; [vpn] service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn connection-type=tls remote=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx cipher=BF-CBC comp-lzo=yes tunnel-mtu=1400 cert-pass-flags=1 port=xxxx cert=/home/theuser/.vpn/key.p12 ca=/home/theuser/.vpn/key.p12 key=/home/theuser/.vpn/key.p12 tls-remote=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [ipv4] method=auto When I'm logged into the default ubuntu session I can type `nmcli con up id "My connection name"` which will setup the VPN respectively. Executing exactly the same under i3 gives me: Error: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets. I am logged in with the same user and do not execute the `nmcli`-command under root. What do I miss?Mon, 12 May 2014 17:21:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/?comment=3878#comment-3878I am not entirely sure about what’s the problem, so I’m not going to write this as an answer, but it sounds like this is a (gnome-)keyring problem?Sun, 25 May 2014 18:19:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/?comment=3878#comment-3878https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/?answer=3835#post-id-3835My configuration looks like this and works: [connection] id=my_connection uuid=x-y-z type=vpn autoconnect=false timestamp=1394900890 [vpn] service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp password-flags=0 require-mppe=yes user=my_user_name refuse-eap=yes refuse-chap=yes nobsdcomp=yes gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx domain=my_domain refuse-pap=yes [vpn-secrets] password=my_password [ipv4] method=auto Important is to add "password-flags=0" and "password=my_password". Otherwise Network Manager tries to get the data from gnome keyring. Your case looks even more complicated as some keys are used :).Fri, 16 May 2014 21:07:09 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/?answer=3835#post-id-3835https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/?comment=3841#comment-3841This config doesn't help me, as I'm using TLS. The thing is though, it works in Unity but won't work in i3.Sun, 18 May 2014 11:53:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3796/nmcli-connection-activation-failed-no-valid-vpn-secrets/?comment=3841#comment-3841