Opened 6 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
#766 closed Bug / Defect (notabug)
GUI says no TAP-Win adapters; log not saved; subsequently connects OK
Reported by: | Norman Henderson | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
Component: | Windows GUI | Version: | OpenVPN 2.3.12 (Community Ed) |
Severity: | Not set (select this one, unless your'e a OpenVPN developer) | Keywords: | TAP-Windows, greyed |
Cc: | Samuli Seppänen |
Description
I have been using OpenVPN for years but just bought a new laptop. Installation from openvpn-install-2.3.12-I602-x86_64.exe seemed to go OK.
On both PC’s my user account has admin privileges.
- When I try to “connect” it pops up “connecting to cem05w01 has failed” and the log display behind it says “all TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use”. Time 05:52:38.
- None of the contents of that log display are written to the file. When I open the log file, I get completely different entries starting with “Connection reset, restarting [0]” at 05:52:36 (!!!) and ending some seconds later with “Initialization Sequence Completed.”
- Indeed, the tunnel is up and working, and an appropriate TAP-Windows adapter shows in ipconfig.
- The GUI remains greyed out and offering the “connect” option; this means there is no clean way to disconnect.
This does not change with reboot etc.
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Change History (8)
Changed 6 years ago by
Attachment: | OpenVPN-cem05w01.jpg added |
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comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by
Cc: | Samuli Seppänen added |
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Version: | → 2.3.12 |
I assume this is Windows10... from 8.1 onwards, we've had occasional reports about the tap driver not being willing to get installed - and retrying after a reboot usually fixed things.
You might want to try 2.3.13, as it has a few fixes to 2.3.12 (but none that are really related to windows or tap), but just "if you do a reinstall, why install an old version" :-)
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by
Sorry should have specified: Win 7 Pro SP1.
Reboots didn't help.
I have another system running Win 10 and OpenVPN 2.3.7 which works correctly!
2.3.12 was current when this issue started but I will try 2.3.13 now - full uninstall/reinstall. Could have been some anomaly I didn't notice.
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by
SO... uninstall 2.3.12 / install 2.3.13 fixed it. Probably just something went wrong in the original install.
comment:6 Changed 6 years ago by
Resolution: | → notabug |
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Status: | new → closed |
Thanks for re-testing. Sometimes windows stuff is just plain weird... :-(
GUI with pop-up error