OK, kind of a *ix noob here. I did google this and found a lot of useless info already, mostly on askubuntu (it IS a bigger community and tends to come up... and since LL is derived from U) I am a long-time windows user so forgive me if I use the win terms.
Want to start trying out some VPNs, mostly know how it works. On the network context menu, it has "VPN Connections", with a sub menu "Add a VPN Connection", but it is greyed out. I ran this CL to install, as per instructions from the provider:
sudo apt-get install openvpn network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome
(yes, I know xfce)
and
sudo apt-get install network-manager-vpnc network-manager-openvpn pptp-linux
All of which were already installed. I found the firewall applet, turned off, no effect. I should note that I fiddle with my config (i.e. firmware router settings) more than seems appropriate, so could be related. pptp-linux is also installed. I think I am using LL 4.0 as I just ran apt-get upgrade yesterday. When I edit the connection, and try to enable the "Automatically connect to VPN", it lets me fill the check-box, but never saves nor does it allow me to use the pull-down options (may have to be set up first?).
Halp.