"Whoops! /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock not found."

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I have an issue that occurs repeatedly with NordVPN (installed as nordvpn-bin from the AUR).

  1. I run

nordvpn connect

  1. I get the message

“Whoops! /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock not found.”

  1. I run the command from this reddit post

sudo systemctl start nordvpnd.service

  1. It works again.

At first it seemed to only happen after either a system update or an update of the nordvpn-bin package, but I just had it happen unexpectedly after no updates. I’m not sure what’s going on and am seeking to understand the issue and correct it permanently.

inxi output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.12-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=6413596c-8cbd-488d-a50e-2a63a0954728 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=a5e3cc35-cf38-4cdd-a0b8-a8c2415f3e11 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A99X EVO R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2501
    date: 04/03/2014
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.25 GiB used: 9.13 GiB (29.2%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD FX-8320 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver level: v2
    built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: 0
    microcode: 0x6000852
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-8x16 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 4x2 MiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2316 high: 3363 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2094 2: 2248
    3: 1405 4: 1403 5: 2609 6: 2485 7: 3363 8: 2922 bogomips: 56213
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
    cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
    msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat
    pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean
    vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: XFX Pine driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands
    process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,DP-3
    empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 50.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5360x2520 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,top-left res: 3440x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: bottom-r res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
    (polaris10 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.1.12-1-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    bus-ID: 4-3:2 v: kernel chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: USB
    driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.12-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: nordlynx state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.6 TiB used: 877.63 GiB (53.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT240M500SSD1
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: MU02 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: PNY model: CS900 250GB SSD
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0E13 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Inland model: SATA SSD
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3A0 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 214.77 GiB size: 210.34 GiB (97.94%)
    used: 141.8 GiB (67.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 6413596c-8cbd-488d-a50e-2a63a0954728
  ID-2: /home/<filter>/Games raw-size: 953.86 GiB size: 937.82 GiB (98.32%)
    used: 424.59 GiB (45.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 label: Games
    uuid: 2aa9f83d-8f50-49f5-a3e9-919ba21c522a
  ID-3: /home/<filter>/Pictures raw-size: 232.88 GiB
    size: 228.17 GiB (97.98%) used: 184.24 GiB (80.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
    maj-min: 8:17 label: Pictures uuid: a4a589d4-280c-4353-b496-31ea493ac40d
  ID-4: /run/media/eli/02629EE0629ED82D raw-size: 232.35 GiB
    size: 232.35 GiB (100.00%) used: 125.45 GiB (54.0%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdc2
    maj-min: 8:34 label: N/A uuid: 02629EE0629ED82D
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 1.55 GiB (17.6%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swap
    uuid: a5e3cc35-cf38-4cdd-a0b8-a8c2415f3e11
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 50 MiB fs: ntfs label: System Reserved
    uuid: C22E9E0F2E9DFC9B
  ID-2: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 498 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 20FAAFC5FAAF9596
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-3:2 info: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: Audio,HID
    driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 4-4:3 info: Logitech G102/G203 LIGHTSYNC Gaming Mouse
    type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c092 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:4 info: Alcor Micro Keyboard Hub type: Keyboard,Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 058f:9472 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 8-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:2813 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 8-2:3 info: Logitech F310 Gamepad [XInput Mode]
    type: <vendor specific> driver: xpad interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c21d class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-10: 9-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 9-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:0813 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 10-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-13: 11-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 22.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 823
Info:
  Processes: 332 Uptime: 16h 54m wakeups: 28 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: 1447 pm: pacman pkgs: 1436 libs: 382 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 11 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
  inxi: 3.3.25

EDITS: Formatting

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Enable it so that it starts on boot time:

systemctl start nordvpnd.service
systemctl enable nordvpnd.service

or together:

systemctl enable --now nordvpnd.service
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Thanks. I’m sure that’s it. The output I got from

systemctl enable --now nordvpnd.service

is

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/nordvpnd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/nordvpnd.service

I’m sure that’s the correct solution, I don’t think I’ve done it before. The only way I can understand and confirm it is that before I know there was no nordvpn related item in KDE Settings > System Administration > Systemd and now there is.

I’ll mark as Solved but if it breaks after an update as previously happened I’ll be back. But I’m sure it won’t :grinning:

Moderator edit: Removed useless, microscopic screenshot

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@geckofish52 Next time read the install messages: nordvpn-bin.install - aur.git - AUR Package Repositories There is exactly that written. :wink:

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[sarcasm]
Awww comon you actually expect ppl to read stuff :rofl:
They should instead popup a message box in these cases.
[/sarcasm]
Don’t mind me, im going to play a game now to return to normal a bit…

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And according to that you have to do it after upgrade too. Got it.

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Not always, but you may have to login.

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