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.
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Acetone commented on 2024-09-10 09:28 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-10 09:29 (UTC) by 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 :)