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Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:38 pm
by horseyman66
sorry bro, do you work for private internet access? i might have confused you for someone else

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:21 pm
by fehlix
horseyman66 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:38 pm sorry bro, do you work for private internet access? i might have confused you for someone else
I read this as an compliment :happy:. Have you checked the tar-file , as I don't have a PIA vpn account, so I cannot test myself ;)

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:28 am
by richb
fehlix wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:21 pm
horseyman66 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:38 pm sorry bro, do you work for private internet access? i might have confused you for someone else
I read this as an compliment :happy:. Have you checked the tar-file , as I don't have a PIA vpn account, so I cannot test myself ;)
I tried this from github on MX 18.2 and it gives a working PIA client, (the latest version).

https://github.com/MX-Linux/piavpn-sysvinit-compat

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:46 am
by fehlix
richb wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:28 am I tried this from github on MX 18.2 and it gives a working PIA client, (the latest version).

https://github.com/MX-Linux/piavpn-sysvinit-compat
Thanks for testing. Good that it works. So, we can prepare something within MX Package Installer -> Popular Apps -> VPN.

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 6:08 am
by Yellowhoney
fehlix wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:46 am
richb wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:28 am I tried this from github on MX 18.2 and it gives a working PIA client, (the latest version).

https://github.com/MX-Linux/piavpn-sysvinit-compat
Thanks for testing. Good that it works. So, we can prepare something within MX Package Installer -> Popular Apps -> VPN.
notice that PIA is in MX installer but it doesn't work correctly for me,. get stuck when asking for demo password

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 6:37 am
by JayM
Yellowhoney wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 6:08 am
fehlix wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:46 am
richb wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:28 am I tried this from github on MX 18.2 and it gives a working PIA client, (the latest version).

https://github.com/MX-Linux/piavpn-sysvinit-compat
Thanks for testing. Good that it works. So, we can prepare something within MX Package Installer -> Popular Apps -> VPN.
notice that PIA is in MX installer but it doesn't work correctly for me,. get stuck when asking for demo password
Please start a new topic for whatever problem you're having, providing the information that is requested in the please read this first post in the New Users section near the top of the forum. Thanks.

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 6:48 am
by fehlix
Yellowhoney wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 6:08 am notice that PIA is in MX installer but it doesn't work correctly for me,. get stuck when asking for demo password
Thanks, to let us know. We will look into this.

Re: Problem setting up a sysvinit service to start on boot

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 11:48 am
by vtvbreech
fehlix wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 6:48 am
Yellowhoney wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 6:08 am notice that PIA is in MX installer but it doesn't work correctly for me,. get stuck when asking for demo password
Thanks, to let us know. We will look into this.
Can confirm, when installing from MXPI sudo password is not being accpeted. After exiting and running dpkg --configure -a in terminal install completed and client is running. Thank you for this fehlix :toast: