ProtonVPN takes for ever to connect

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I am running ProtonVPN on Arch Linux. I try to use the ProtonVPN command line client but it takes for ever to connect:

Setting up ProtonVPN.
Connecting to ProtonVPN on US-FREE#1 with UDP.

Then nothing else happens. Of course I tried multiple servers and also TCP.

I use Arch Linux and the AUR package. Those are the versions:

protonvpn: 1.0.0-2

protonvpn-cli: 3.8.0-1

Here is the content of ~/.cache/protonvpn/logs/protonvpn.log, I think it might be interesting: https://pastebin.com/5RZwVbYj

It used to work with Gnome but I switched to just using a window manager (bspwm). I guess some configuration that Gnome does is missing now but I have no idea.

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Then nothing else happens.

Literally or metaphorically? Basically asking because I’ve also encountred the new linux client (Ubuntu for me) to be waaaay slower than in the old, unofficial client, but it does end up connecting after awhile. Also, in case you haven’t noticed, a great part of this depends on whether you’ve manually disconnected from it before or not (making it even slower), something which didn’t suppose a problem with the old client.

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Same here, waiting for some replys.

I use bspwm, networkmanager, dns is managed with networkmanager. Systemd service for dns is disabled. I used aur package that is official i guess.

Thats about 2 weeks ago, never connect and fucks some conf, i didnt have internet, i have to edit etc/resolv.conf manually…

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Literally. I could probably wait one hour and it would show the same. But take a look at my other answer, I found the solution.

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I found the solution: https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-app/issues/12

nm-applet must be running…

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Oooh, that really sucks. Glad you found a solution tho! :slight_smile:

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Thanks for that i will test right now