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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Cannot connect to PPPoE using NetworkManager: Could not find pppoe
  binary.

Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  TL;DR: NetworkManager requires "pppoe" package, which was not
  installed by default in Lubuntu 15.04.

  
  I tried using Network Manager (nm-applet) to configure a PPPoE connection. I can create the connection, but trying to connect to it fails.

  The erro message that shows up in a dialog is not helpful at all:

  (1) Creating object for path
  '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/23' failed in libnm-
  glib.

  What is helpful is a message buried in /var/log/syslog:

  
  NetworkManager[713]: <warn> (eth0): PPPoE failed to start: Could not find pppoe binary.

  
  Workaround: apt-get install pppoe.

  Desirable solution: pppoe package being a dependency of another
  package (lubuntu-desktop seems like a good one).

  
  Using Lubuntu 15.04 (upgraded from previous versions). This is the first time configuring a DSL/PPPoE connection in this system.

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