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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 :)

Hey so I actually found a workaround or fix, easily fixable, (on their side)

Disclaimer: I'm not sure if it's the package or how to change this in the package. The way I did this involved their website.

So like other users pointed out on the HotSpotShield Website you can download ovpn configurations for Router and set them up in NetworkManager which bypasses this package.

However I was still having issues after downloading the "HotspotShield_US_v4.ovpn" config and adding it to NetworkManager. I would add the connection, input the username and password in their fields but it would just spin until timing out. I opened journalctl to investigate and here is what I found.

DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:CHACHA20-POLY1305). OpenVPN ignores --cipher for cipher negotiations.

So I opened the "HotspotShield_US_v4.ovpn" in nano but obviously just a text editor.

The line:

ciphers AES-128-CBC

Change to:

data-ciphers AES-128-GCM

of course save.

Voila, should connect. I wanted to post this somewhere because I was bashing my head against the wall and it felt good to solve. Sorry for crap formatting as this is my first post, I literally just registered an account to post this.

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.