Protonvpn on Hyprland not connecting "unexpected error" when attempting server connection

[west trench]

i tried detailing this in google drive before posting here, and it keeps pasting in as a file instead, then tried with neovim, same problem so if you can help please dont mind the txt file

any and all help will be greatly appreciated

[split crane]

Can you check your NetworkManager ? systemctl status NetworkManager
And your connections list nmcli connection show?
Seems to be an issue with kill switch.
Very strange

Check if IPv6 is enabled too : cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6

[west trench]

Jan 27 02:09:40 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769501380.8991] manager: (pvpnksintrf0): new Dummy device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/9)
Jan 27 02:09:40 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <warn> [1769501380.9009] platform-linux: do-add-link[pvpnksintrf0/dummy]: failure 95 (Operation not supported - Unknown device type)
Jan 27 02:09:40 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769501380.9010] audit: op="connection-add" uuid="92a3c69f-2b35-455a-bafe-f000f32d0d25" name="pvpn-killswitch" pid=2807670 uid=1000 result=>
Jan 27 02:09:40 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769501380.9015] policy: auto-activating connection 'pvpn-killswitch' (92a3c69f-2b35-455a-bafe-f000f32d0d25)
Jan 27 02:09:40 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <warn> [1769501380.9028] platform-linux: do-add-link[pvpnksintrf0/dummy]: failure 95 (Operation not supported - Unknown device type)
Jan 27 02:20:00 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769502000.2737] audit: op="connection-delete" uuid="92a3c69f-2b35-455a-bafe-f000f32d0d25" name="pvpn-killswitch" pid=2807670 uid=1000 resu>
Jan 27 02:34:42 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769502882.8659] dhcp6 (enp39s0): state changed new lease, address=fdfe:5e6c:2e69:98de:4efc:e6e1:5c3b:4975
Jan 27 03:02:42 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769504562.8652] dhcp6 (enp39s0): state changed new lease, address=fdfe:5e6c:2e69:98de:4efc:e6e1:5c3b:4975
Jan 27 03:31:40 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769506300.1757] dhcp6 (enp39s0): state changed new lease, address=fdfe:5e6c:2e69:98de:4efc:e6e1:5c3b:4975
Jan 27 04:00:49 Arch NetworkManager[1370]: <info> [1769508049.9344] dhcp6 (enp39s0): state changed new lease, address=fdfe:5e6c:2e69:98de:4efc:e6e1:5c3b:4975
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thats the first one you asked for

my connections list is my ethernet and a loopback

and the last thing you asked with the cat came back as zero

@split crane

[split crane]

Can you do : modprobe -n -v dummy?

Then try : sudo modprobe dummy

If you don't have error do this command : echo "dummy" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/dummy.conf

Then test on your protonvpn then

[west trench]

fatal error

module dummy not found in directory /lib/modules/6.18.5-arch1-1

so do the echo?

i have it typed and ready just wanna make sure before i hit enter

[split crane]

Ah, can you run : zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_DUMMY

Which kernel do you have? (If you don't know, run pacman -Q linux)

[west trench]

linux 6.18.6.arch1-1

CONFIG_DUMMY_IRQ is not set

CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE_COLUMNS=80
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE_ROWS=25

[split crane]

Uh

[split crane]

did you updated your kernel without rebooting?

Reboot your arch, then run uname -r

you should get 6.18.6-arch1-1

after reboot try again sudo modprobe dummy

[west trench]

also what does the modprobe dummy do exactly, and is that what fixed it?

[split crane]

modprobe dummy command loads the dummy network interface that protonvpn need for kill switch.

[west trench]

dude thank you so much, ive been looking at this for at least a week and a half now

my 18TB hdd thanks you too

[split crane]

Fixed?

[west trench]

yeah 100% working now