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Hi all, i tried to use this package and got the classic "Can't establish VPN connection. Please check your system journals"

So i did some digging and HotSpotShield is compatible with build-in OpenVPN, here's the docs i used to set it up successfully on Manjaro :

• https://support.hotspotshield.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046865972-How-do-I-install-Hotspot-Shield-on-OpenVPN-devices

• https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021331874-Manjaro-OpenVPN-Setup

I hope this helps :)

package seems to work fine, unfortunately I didn't realize they locked Linux usage behind a premium account. not a fan, especially when the Android version is free.

Hi all. Steps to use HotSpotShield, works for me (KDE6):

- At user account in HotSpotShield add a Route to specified country, download ovpn file, take username & password.

• At NetworkManager create new connection using this ovpn file.
• Open setting of new connection and put username & password taken from HotSpotShield.
• Open Advanced button, and remove checkbox: Specify exit or restart ping. After TLS Settings enable checkbox: Verify peer (server) certificate nsCertType designation: Server.
• Done, it works for me.

I hope this will helps somebody.

Sorry for taking so long to respond.

I wonder if this issue also occurs on Fedora and Ubuntu.

Perhaps you could try to report it to the developers?

In the meantime, I've pinned @Acetone's workaround. Thanks for your comment!

(And I pushed another commit, but it's just a clean up.)

Yes it helped me a lot, thank you! @Acetone

Hi all, i tried to use this package and got the classic "Can't establish VPN connection. Please check your system journals"

So i did some digging and HotSpotShield is compatible with build-in OpenVPN, here's the docs i used to set it up successfully on Manjaro :

• https://support.hotspotshield.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046865972-How-do-I-install-Hotspot-Shield-on-OpenVPN-devices

• https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021331874-Manjaro-OpenVPN-Setup

I hope this helps :)

More about this error ?

“Can't establish VPN connection. Please check your system journals”

Installation ok, connection to premium account ok, but unable to connect to VPN/location.

I also tested hotspotshield-test-bin, still no connection but no error message, either in hydra or wireguard.

I installed both this and the test one on my arch linux. whenever i run "hotspotshield account signin" on my machine i get '"root FS device can't be found'. I don't even understand what does this mean. how can i solve this?

@begin-theadventu

Seems like its not working i connect and nothing happens with the test build. Also this build still has the same error.

I swear im missing something do i need to install anything additional besides network manager?

@hulp Thank you for the comment!

The dependencies (depends) were imported from the .deb file, and I also checked them with Namcap.

I created a new package for the test one (with WireGuard support), so please try it out and let me know.

Edit: I also pushed minor commits, but they most likely won't help.

@begin-theadventu

Sorry i should have been more detailed

The first thing the error, i get this specific error

"Can't establish VPN connection. Please check your system journals"

Their was only one documentation of a fix on the manjaro forum however it seems it does not work https://forum.manjaro.org/t/hotspotshield-vpn-cannot-connect/98863

This is the only documentation that i can find, i cant find anything on the arch wiki or just generally on the internet the comments said their was missing dependinces however i have no idea what those are and so do the rest of the commentors, so i put that as a reason why it is out of date maybe im just a noob lol.

Also the actual out of date part was my bad. And you dont need to make a new package unless you want to. I would like my hotspotsheild VPN to work on arch linux (I kind of found a temporary fix which is installing the browser extension) and i didnt want other pepole to have issues also and it seemed like it was out of date on my part so thats why i marked it out of date.