[arch-general] NetworkManager from Commandline

[Andrea Scarpino]

On Thursday 02 May 2013 17:53:44 Alex Sla wrote:
> nmcli con up uuid 7f29abd0-c0d5-4e55-8796
> Error: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets.
> 
> 
> I guess, I saved them in the keyring file, how can I get access from
> the cli? Is there maybe another tool to mange the connection or
> getting access to the KDE Keyring file?

I had this issue too in awesome.

The workaround for me was to start plasma-desktop, connect to a wifi, kill 
plasma-desktop. After that you can use nmcli to connect/disconnect to any 
wifi.
I did report the bug here too[1], but nothing did happen.

Hope this help.

[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690457

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Andrea
Arch Linux Developer