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My VPN stopped working 2 days ago after installing Ubuntu software updates. I have Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS I was prompted to install updates and did so on Sept 24 or 25, 2020.

Since letting the updtes automatically install I cannot connect to a VPN. I have Surfshark. I enter ...

sudo surfshark-vpn

I get ...

Checking for connection status...
Not connected to Surfshark VPN
Was unable to connect to VPN server. Please try another server.

I also have Protonmail VPN. When I start is with ...

sudo protonvpn connect

I get ...

Connecting to JP-FREE#2 via UDP...
[!] There was an error connecting to the ProtonVPN API.
[!] Please make sure your connection is working properly!

I have another Ubuntu computer on the same home network. It is running 18.04 LTS. I have no such issues with that laptop.

Thanks in advance...

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I cannot answer why exactly is it not working anymore, I had the same issue though.

What I did to fix it:

sudo surfshark-vpn forget
sudo surfshark-vpn
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Not sure if you solved it yet, but in case anyone else has the same problem, this is how I got it back up. I got it working by uninstalling network-manager-openvpn, network-manager-openvpn-gnome, and openvpn-systemd-resolved. This also gets rid of OpenVPN and Surfshark itself, so the two packages need to be reinstalled afterwards. There is some conflict with these packages, apparently.

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  • This is not an answer. There is no evidence that what help you will help others too. I would recommend to look in systemlog first. Please post output of journalctl here. Dec 20, 2020 at 14:53
  • Yeah, I added that to the bug report that Joe did on Launchpad. Thanks for the suggestion! bug 1899410
    – Tizi
    Dec 22, 2020 at 22:52

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