Openvpn indicator does not work

[vivien]

Openvpn indicator does not work

[kb100]

Hmm... only other obvious thing to check is does your config file name end in .conf? The script assumes this. If not, could you try adding print statements in various places of the script to see where exactly it is exiting?

[kb100]

Can you read through this thread #67. I think your issue may be the same. Essentially it comes down to "the script doesn't support dynamic devices". In your openvpn config file (usually /etc/openvpn/udp-ch.conf) you need to hardcode tun0

dev tun0

instead of having

dev tun

[guest73]

I do not start my VPN by putting anything into /etc/openvpn. This will not work for me. I just run it with --config option. My VPN requires an Google Authenticator numbers be prepended each time I must enter a password.

[kb100]

In that case you will have to also use openvpn's --writepid option when you start it, and the blocklets -p option to match.

[guest73]

Ok. Thanks for helping me out.
I set the --writepid in my config file. So I put it like this
--writepid /home/[myacc]/[project]/vpn-setup/proc/[myname]-vpn.pid
and then run it like this:
/usr/lib/i3blocks/openvpn -p '/home/[myacc]/[project]/vpn-setup/proc/[myname]-vpn.pid'
but the output is still
VPN: down
VPN: down
The VPN is working and I set dev tun0 in my vpn configuration

[kb100]

While your vpn is running, can you verify that openvpn actually writes the pid file to the location you specified? Also, by any chance does your [myacc] or [project] or [myname] contain any spaces?

[guest73]

1. The pid file is where it suppose to be, confirmed
2. [myacc] - a simple one word with only english characters
3. [project] - a simple one word with only english characters, but it's a symlink to a subfolder of Project folder so [project]->[/home/[myacc]/Projects/[the_same_only_English_letters]
   3)[myname] - serser :)
4. The output does not indicate any error. Just print 2 'down's

[guest73]

Yey! It works now! Thanks mate! That was the problem.

[guest73]

One remark, though. It does run successful only from the folder where a configuration file is located. If I try it from any other folder or from the i3-blocks config it end's up with an error
Can't read config file 'serser.conf': No such file or directory
How can I overcome this? Copy my configuration file into usr/lib/i3blocks/ ?

[guest73]

Ok. making symlink of my serser.conf into the /usr/lib/i3blocks/ did the trick. Now it's finally on my bar working as expected. Thanks again.

[kb100]

Use the --cd option that openvpn provides.

[andersfylling]

I had to make a symlink into my home dir in order for this to work. Tried messing around with the --cd options, but that didn't help.

The --cd flag just tells openvpn where to start from, it shouldn't affect the issue with i3blocks/openvpn and the path.

Right now, it seems that symlink is the only way.