Complete re-install and nothing but problems

[Captain Brillo]

A final (?) note:
nordVPN replaced with PIA v82
email works again

[Captain Brillo]

Final note, my as*.
24 hours later PIA (Private Internet Access) has quit.
Dead as dirt.
Won't run, won't re-install.
Everything seemed fine, shut down. Started up later, no VPN.

And with this post, I'm about done.
viewtopic.php?f=104&p=488825#p488825

[JayM]

So to recap, your miscellaneous odd behavior you mentioned in your original post was resolved by reseating hardware components, correct? And now, other than the partition mounting questions in your other topic, the only remaining issue is with two different VPN providers, NordVPN and PIA, both of which require using their own software apps to connect to them, but openvpn from the repository works fine using it with a free VPN server from vpngate, right?

[richb]

PIA does not require it own software app. It can be configured with Network manager.

[JayM]

You're right, richb. I just skimmed their website and saw a downloads page for their VPN client apps so I ASS+U+MEd that their own app was required to connect to them.

OP can also use openvpn to connect to PIA:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/h ... connection
Just download and unzip their file
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/o ... envpn.zip
and connect to PIA the same way as to a vpngate server.

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sudo openvpn 'config-filename-goes-here.ovpn'

Using openvpn may be best for him as he's already tested it and knows that it works.

He could make a shell script that uses gksu so he's get a GUI password prompt and put the script in his .config/autostart directory so he'd connect to PIA when he logs in to MX rather than having to manually run that command in a terminal each time, or create a .desktop file that invokes the script or runs the command directly and put it on his desktop or in his menu to double-click on when he wants to use his VPN, or use zenity to make a GUI out of it. Lots of possibilities.

[spanizdogs]

sorry :)