Wired connection + sstp VPN in KDE

[Egorro]

Hello! Decided to switch to KDE from Gnome (was also Manjaro), can’t resolve the issue:
configured sstp VPN for work, but can’t make it connect automatically on each boot. ‘Connect automatically’ checkbox is disabled, and if I enable ‘Auto connect to VPN’ in Wired connection’s properties (also tried nmcli edit, , the system boots with all connections off (green “cable” on tray icon), so I have to connect even Wired manually, then it also connects VPN automatically.
nmcli connection show BIO shows ‘connection.autoconnect: yes’, tried adding it as secondary (as I understand, ‘Auto connect to VPN’ does the same) - no luck.

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @Egorro, and welcome!

What is the output of:

systemctl status NetworkManager.service

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[Egorro]

Hi @Mirdarthos , thanks for detailed answer!
This is the output:

● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-02-27 06:23:59 MSK; 2 days ago
       Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
   Main PID: 547782 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 309221)
     Memory: 17.4M
     CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
             └─547782 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Right now I have automatic Wired connection and manual VPN.

[Mirdarthos]

I see the Wired is connected automatically. What is the output of:

nmcli connection

Edit:

I’ve got to run, I was shooting in the dark anyway, since I only use a Wired connection. But maybe someone else can help.

Edit #2:

See:

https://askubuntu.com/a/90888

[Egorro]

nmcli con:

NAME   UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE  
BIO    57809492-f3ff-4e0f-8109-f72bc15a89c9  vpn       enp42s0 
Wired  3de33103-2668-3959-83e4-35e8c5459f75  ethernet  enp42s0 
lo     5f7c080b-bafd-4e66-a89d-85f51cbd9de6  loopback  lo   

@Mirdarthos

https://askubuntu.com/a/90888

Tried that solution, but the nmcli command hasn’t status parameter))

LC_ALL=C nmcli con status                                                                                                                                                                                     
Error: argument 'status' not understood. Try passing --help instead.

Tried leaving just line nmcli connection up BIO in that script (without any conditions) - doesn’t work also.

[MrLavender]

Try show instead of status.

[Egorro]

Looks like it’s default command for nmcli con:

$ nmcli con show
NAME   UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE  
Wired  3de33103-2668-3959-83e4-35e8c5459f75  ethernet  enp42s0 
lo     5c08c627-5024-4521-88c9-939fb233232a  loopback  lo      
BIO    57809492-f3ff-4e0f-8109-f72bc15a89c9  vpn       --      
$ nmcli con
NAME   UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE  
Wired  3de33103-2668-3959-83e4-35e8c5459f75  ethernet  enp42s0 
lo     5c08c627-5024-4521-88c9-939fb233232a  loopback  lo      
BIO    57809492-f3ff-4e0f-8109-f72bc15a89c9  vpn       --      

[Egorro]

Resolved the issue by selecting “store password for all users” in VPN settings - as I understand, wired connection couldn’t activate VPN from Root without stored password, so it also didn’t connect on boot.
Thanks for the answers!