Posts by Reddirt

No debate necessary. I've reloaded the RPi5 with LE 12.02 and all is well again. As for Wireguard I'm on a mission to figure it out and make it happen. No spoons needed here just friendly advice.

Just to clarify all LE builds 13.x forward will find the same Openvpn/PIA issue? A real shame as they have been a really good VPN service at a reasonable price for years. I'm trying to understand Wireguard and if read this correctly it could replace OpenVpn and still utilize PIA as a service? Over the years Openvpn has made using a VPN so seamless and easy I'm hoping Wireguard might do the same.

Thanks Chewitt. My brain was very well trained in MSDOS so I have relearn a whole new set of rules and commands.

Ah. Insert a happy face here. Thanks DF

This old dog would like to learn some new tricks. I'm able to ssh into my LE Rpi5 V12.2 no problem. First thing I noticed is no "storage" folder or directory. So again making an assumption storage is the top or root directory? I can cd /storage but doesn't seem to do anything. Just questions here. I want to eventually setup Wireguard and want to make sure I understand the stuff under the hood so to speak. Are there hidden folders or directories? I found lots of info on running scripts and so forth just want to be clear on file structure.

It certainly sounds like wireguard would be a much better long term solution. I agree with Chewitt that PIA needs to fix the problem they introduced in the first place.

Has anyone put together a step by step wireguard install for a VPN (for dummies) like myself?

I can do putty. Is there a text editor built into LE.?

Nope. Again guessing the configuration is built into open VPN.

PC in a USB port running Linux Mint and or Win11

Maybe I'm missing something here. Normal setup has always been:

Install OpenVPN from zip file

OpenVPN then offers Manual or Wizard

I select Wizard the Private Internet Access then select a server to use. Never once had any issues in a dozen years but it seems

PIA had a bad entry in OpenVPN? I'm just guessing at this. Per Chewitt PIA provided OpenVPN a defective file entry?

Ok. In the past I've setup my PIA in LE by using the Wizard provided with OpenVPN. I take it I need to use something different?

Forgive my ignorance but where is the file to be edited? I found no config files on the RPi5 microsd card.

Meantime I decided to have a go at the edit option. This can be done using ssh only? I was looking for way to edit the config file on a pc but can't find the file anywhere on the micro sdcard. Probably a dumb question but I'm in the dark here.

I see this is a PIA issue so I contacted them. I found this issued has been around for some time so maybe it's time for them to correct it.

Got it. Thanks.

So if I understand this issue correctly would a clean install of LE13 with OpenSSL 3.5.0 solve this?

Not sure what's going on here so I defer to the LE Gurus. Just started today. This is a photo of the error log. Running RPi5 with nightly 13.0 20250201.

I've used OpenVPN for over a decade and never had any issues other than a hefty speed decrease. Not so much of an issue now with 300mbps but at slower starting connections a real issue. Very interested in giving it go on one of my builds. I've several LE builds of different flavor hardware and maybe the RPi5 might be a good starting platform.

If I understand this Wireguard would be a replacement option for OpenVPN?