### After reboot tim@t420 ~ % systemctl status NetworkManager ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d └─NetworkManager-ovs.conf Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-02-09 08:28:23 AEDT; 55s ago Docs: man:NetworkManager(8) Main PID: 467 (NetworkManager) Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) Memory: 21.7M CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service └─467 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon Feb 09 08:28:23 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661303.9925] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1) Feb 09 08:28:23 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661303.9941] manager: (enp0s25): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2) Feb 09 08:28:23 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661303.9985] keyfile: add connection /var/run/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1.nmco> Feb 09 08:28:24 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661304.0000] settings: (enp0s25): created default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' Feb 09 08:28:24 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661304.0046] device (enp0s25): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-stat> Feb 09 08:28:24 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661304.6487] manager: (wlp3s0): new 802.11 WiFi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3) Feb 09 08:28:24 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661304.6791] ovsdb: Could not connect: No such file or directory Feb 09 08:28:24 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661304.6863] device (wlp3s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state> Feb 09 08:28:28 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661308.2437] agent-manager: req[0x7f3910002f00, :1.49/org.freedesktop.nm-applet/1000]: agent registered Feb 09 08:28:30 t420 NetworkManager[467]: [1549661310.2680] manager: startup complete ## No network !!! ### After restart NetworkManager tim@t420 ~ % systemctl status NetworkManager ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d └─NetworkManager-ovs.conf Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-02-09 08:30:33 AEDT; 3min 19s ago Docs: man:NetworkManager(8) Main PID: 892 (NetworkManager) Tasks: 7 (limit: 4915) Memory: 8.8M CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service ├─892 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ├─907 /usr/lib/nm-openvpn-service --bus-name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn.Connection_2 └─912 /usr/sbin/openvpn --remote au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com 1198 udp --comp-lzo adaptive --nobind --dev tun --cipher aes-128-cbc --auth> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8844] device (tun0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed', sys> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8853] device (tun0): Activation: starting connection 'tun0' (94c77f1e-137b-43f1-a6c7-5ff723eb6b1> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8855] device (tun0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'ext> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8860] device (tun0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external') Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8864] device (tun0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'externa> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8871] device (tun0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'exter> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8922] device (tun0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'ext> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8924] device (tun0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'ex> Feb 09 08:30:36 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661436.8955] device (tun0): Activation: successful, device activated. Feb 09 08:30:39 t420 NetworkManager[892]: [1549661439.9221] manager: startup complete ## now full wifi network with vpn!