[mdlug] Most internet Applications not working when VPN connection is established

[Jeff Hanson]

There's a script included with OpenVPN on Ubuntu 14.04 that I think fixes
this:  /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Jim Fulner <jim.fulner at member.fsf.org>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> In the past few weeks I've started using OpenVPN most of the time when I
> connect to the Internet. I'm connecting via FreeVPN.me.
>
> I successfully connect, but then most of my applications don't work.
> Particular concern is email client (Evolution). Some do continue to work
> like Transmission (Torrent Client) and the Tor Browser, but my other web
> browsers don't either (Abrowser, Konqueror, Elinks, etc.).
>
> I suspect there is some system setting I need to change to get the rest
> of my system to look in the right place, but I can't find anything.
>
> In case it matters I'm running Trisquel GNU/Linux (Based on Ubuntu, with
> Linux-libre kernel) and my everyday desktop is LXDE.
>
> Yours truly,
> Jim Fulner
>
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