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Workarounds

Icons ℹ️

  • ✅ - Fixed upstream.
  • ⭕ - Workaround works.
  • ❌ - Still an issue.
  • 💢 - Massive pain in balls.
  1. [ ⭕ NetworkManager OpenVPN] [1]
  2. [ ⭕ Pulseaudio] [2]
  3. [ ⭕ KDE Spamming Journal] [3]
  4. [ ❌ KDE Drag n Drop Slow] [4] [1]: #1-network-manager [2]: #2-pulseaudio [3]: #3-kde-journal-spam [4]: #4-kde-drag-n-drop-slow


1. Network Manager

  • FS#46123 [networkmanager-openvpn] Does not work anymore
  • FS#46124 [networkmanager-openvpn] missing user (and maybe group)

Logs

  • Aug 28 03:52:40 Maxwell NetworkManager

    Aug 28 03:52:40 Maxwell NetworkManager[390]: (nm-openvpn-service:2352): nm-openvpn-WARNING **: (nm-openvpn-service.c:1269):nm_openvpn_start_openvpn_binary: runtime check failed: (priv->mgt_path == NULL)
Aug 28 03:52:40 Maxwell NetworkManager[390]: <info>  VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
Aug 28 03:52:40 Maxwell NetworkManager[390]: <info>  VPN connection 'ovpn' (Connect) reply received.
Aug 28 03:52:40 Maxwell NetworkManager[390]: <warn>  VPN connection 'ovpn' failed to connect: 'User 'nm-openvpn' not found, check NM_OPENVPN_USER.'.
Aug 28 03:52:40 Maxwell NetworkManager[390]: <warn>  error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Aug 28 03:53:01 Maxwell NetworkManager[390]: <info>  VPN service 'openvpn' disappeared

Workaround

  • Add user & group by AnAkkk (AnAkkk) - Thursday, 27 August 2015, 23:26 GMT ℹ️

    groupadd -r nm-openvpn
useradd -r -g nm-openvpn -d / -s /sbin/nologin -c "Default user for running openvpn spawned by NetworkManager" nm-openvpn

2. Pulseaudio

  • Stop volume get lowered during events (comment cork)

    /etc/pulse/default.pa

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
# load-module module-role-cork

  • Stop Master volume get adjusted by applications and spit to 100% Volume 💢

    /etc/pulse/daemon.conf

flat-volumes = no

3. KDE Journal Spam

  • KDE spamming journal (add debug=false)

    /usr/bin/startkde

# Disable's logging so it won't spam into journald
QT_LOGGING_RULES="*.debug=false"
export QT_LOGGING_RULES

4. KDE Drag n Drop Slow

  • Drag n Drop is slow in KDE Kwin Video