I'm new to Linux logs, so please let me know if I need to supply more information and how to do so.

Whenever I open my laptop after nordvpn-status was running, it says that the extension failed in Gnome tweaks.

11:21:14: Laptop lid closed

12:49:00: Laptop lid opened

Figured I should let you know. Thanks! ^_^

13:17:24 gnome-software: failed to create an app for user/*/extensions-web/shell-extension/nordvpn_status_jcmartinez.dev/*
12:50:08 nordvpnd: 2019/06/12 12:50:08 [INFO] Wed Jun 12 12:50:08 2019 AEAD Decrypt error: bad packet ID (may be a replay): [ #2401 ] -- see the man page entry for --no-replay and --replay-window for more info or silence this warning with --mute-replay-warnings
12:49:00 su: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user maku
12:49:00 nordvpnd: 2019/06/12 12:49:00 [INFO] Wed Jun 12 12:49:00 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1560358140,CONNECTED,SUCCESS,10.8.8.6,192.230.35.134,1194,,
11:21:14 gnome-software: nordvpn_status_jcmartinez.dev has error: TypeError: The method 'parent' cannot be called
11:21:14 gnome-shell: Extension "[email protected]" had error: TypeError: The method 'parent' cannot be called
11:04:48 nordvpnd: 2019/06/12 11:04:48 [INFO] Wed Jun 12 11:04:48 2019 AEAD Decrypt error: bad packet ID (may be a replay): [ #2371 ] -- see the man page entry for --no-replay and --replay-window for more info or silence this warning with --mute-replay-warnings
11:04:41 gnome-shell: Updating NordVPN Status...
11:04:13 nordvpnd: 2019/06/12 11:04:13 [INFO] Wed Jun 12 11:04:13 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1560351853,CONNECTED,SUCCESS,10.8.8.34,192.230.35.134,1194,,
11:04:11 systemd: Started NordVPN Daemon.

I'm new to this, and Linux, but I can't get the extension to connect to NordVPN. I can see the extension and disconnect if I have connected through the terminal, but otherwise, I'm not connecting. What am I missing? I'm using Firefox, and I'm receiving no error messages.

Hi, I recently updated to 20.04 and cannot actually make the extension work again ...

I don't even see anything while hovering over the exclamation mark :(

OS Model: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (x64)
Gnome: 3.36.1
Kernel: Linux version 5.4.0-26-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-029) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2))

First of all - thanks a lot. This is very useful.

I am learning about gnome-shell and extensions at the moment, and I noticed that your extension clutters the journalctl | grep gnome-shell | tail -n 100 with a lot of lines just stating Updating NordVPN Status... every 30 seconds I believe.

What about:

• let us decide how many seconds / minutes apart.
• IF logging (perhaps even make that optional) give the result of the update, i.e. what exactly could you find out about the nordvpn connection, and log that
• make it into a version which is not in the (wifi, bluetooth, battery, ...) menu, but at top level. For now I am using this argos script for the display, but I cannot connect/disconnect there.

Thanks a lot, keep up the good work!

Hi Juan,

I've been using your nordvpn-status gnome shell extension in conjunction with Ubuntu 20.04 for years - it is so useful.

I've just been looking at Ubuntu 22.04 which as you'll know comes with Gnome-Shell 42.1, and unfortunately it is now flagged as incompatible in gnome-shell-extension-prefs and I can't get it to work.

Is compatibility / upgrading something you could do for the community?

It seems like the extension is reading whatever nordvpn status command is writing to stdout and interprets the first line as a connection status. Because for now the Arch Linux package is out of date the status command is displaying notification about update as first line which makes connection recognition fail.

$ nordvpn status  
A new version of NordVPN is available! Please update the application.
Status: Connected
(...)

Any plans to add support for Gnome 3.38?

Having the option to configure a default server that should be used when clicking the connect button would be pretty useful. So that when I click the connect button, it connects to the configured default server (if present), rather than whatever server nord decides to use.

Hi,

Thanks for the great extension. I am running Arch Linux with 3.34.1. For some reason, this extension's menu item is replicated. I am not sure what the trigger for this replication is, but after a while, a new replica (fully functioning, with status updates and all) will be added.

Do you need any additional information from me?