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Old 11th January 2013, 09:36 PM
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Question Add VPN Button Greyed Out?

Hey everyone,

Am trying to add my PPTP VPN to my fedora box but the button is grayed out?
Its a fresh install Running Fedora 17 LXDE

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Old 11th January 2013, 10:06 PM
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Re: Add VPN Button Greyed Out?

moved to EOL
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Old 11th January 2013, 10:22 PM
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moved to EOL
Ah crap,

Sorry for this Bob but I made a mistake when reading back on what I wrote. I said Fedora 13 when in fact am running Fedora 17

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Okay! Moved back to Networking.
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Okay! Moved back to Networking.
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Re: Add VPN Button Greyed Out?

The answer is that you need to install the VPN plug-ins. There are at least two - maybe names like networkmanager-vpnc and ...-opevpn.
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