no puedo configurar una conexión vpnc con el administrador de red en Kubuntu 15.04

no puedo configurar una conexión vpnc con el administrador de red en Kubuntu 15.04

Mi conexión VPN no me funciona en una instalación limpia de Kubuntu 15.04, y estaba en 14.10 y versiones anteriores. Puedo configurar una conexión a través del "editor de conexión", pero cuando quiero conectarme aparece una ventana que probablemente es donde debo escribir las contraseñas (pero desaparece inmediatamente, así que no puedo decirlo). Después de decir un rato que se está conectando, se da por vencido. Syslog se ve así:

grep NetworkManager /var/log/syslog
Jul  9 15:12:11 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Starting VPN service 'vpnc'...
Jul  9 15:12:11 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> VPN service 'vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 2136
Jul  9 15:12:11 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> VPN service 'vpnc' appeared; activating connections
Jul  9 15:12:15 hostname ureadahead[307]: ureadahead:NetworkManager_new.1445: Ignored relative path
Jul  9 15:12:15 hostname ureadahead[307]: ureadahead:NetworkManager: Ignored relative path
Jul  9 15:12:15 hostname ureadahead[307]: message repeated 3 times: [ ureadahead:NetworkManager: Ignored relative path]
Jul  9 15:12:15 hostname ureadahead[307]: ureadahead:NetworkManager_new.1490: Ignored relative path
Jul  9 15:12:15 hostname ureadahead[307]: ureadahead:NetworkManager: Ignored relative path
Jul  9 15:12:15 hostname ureadahead[307]: message repeated 2 times: [ ureadahead:NetworkManager: Ignored relative path]
Jul  9 15:14:11 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <error> [1436447651.584396] [vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c:1778] get_secrets_cb(): Failed to request VPN secrets #2: (6) No agents were available for this request.

Crear una conexión con las contraseñas en la configuración tampoco ayudó: 9 de julio 16:46:17 nombre de host NetworkManager[811]: [1436453177.020663] [vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c:1778] get_secrets_cb(): No se pudo solicitar los secretos de VPN n.º 2: (6) No había agentes disponibles para esta solicitud.

Intenté crear manualmente un archivo conf, lo que pareció funcionar parcialmente. ifconfigTenía un elemento adicional llamado tun0, podía hacer ping a sitios web usando URL, pero no podía cargar ningún sitio web en mi navegador. Esto podría ser una indicación de que mi problema es similar alÉste, pero no del todo, porque no tener sitios web funcionando es toda una restricción. Esto es lo que hice allí:

user@hostname:~$ sudo vpnc-connect /etc/vpnc/my_vpn_config.conf
[sudo] password for user: 
Enter IPSec secret for [email protected]: 
Enter password for [email protected]:
VPNC started in background (pid: 19663)...
user@hostname:~$ ping askubuntu.com
PING askubuntu.com (122.122.122.122) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 122.122.122.122: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=51.1 ms
user@hostname:~$ sudo vpnc-disconnect
Terminating vpnc daemon (pid: 19663)

el syslog para esta conexión se ve así:

Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: nm_device_get_device_type: assertion 'NM_IS_DEVICE (self)' failed
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): carrier is OFF
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): new Tun device (driver: 'unknown' ifindex: 6)
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/5
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0)
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): link connected
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed') [10 20 41]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed') [20 30 41]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) starting connection 'tun0'
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started...
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none') [70 80 0]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete.
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none') [80 90 0]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none') [90 100 0]
Jul  9 16:15:54 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> Activation (tun0) successful, device activated.
Jul  9 16:17:49 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): device state change: activated -> unmanaged (reason 'removed') [100 10 36]
Jul  9 16:17:49 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> (tun0): deactivating device (reason 'removed') [36]
Jul  9 16:17:49 hostname NetworkManager[811]: <info> devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0)

kvpncDa error: Timeout while connecting to 123.123.123.123. vpnc connect process will be killed.ping a la puerta de enlace y regresa dentro de 50 ms.

No estoy muy seguro de qué más probar. Otras opciones (pptp, openconnect, openvpn) parecen requerir un certificado de CA, que no tengo, así que supongo que estoy atascado con vpnc. ¿Ojalá alguien tenga algunas ideas?

Editar:parece ser una variante deeste error, aunque la solución no funcionó para mí.

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