ANSWERED persistent network lock

[zedik 1]

After goldcrest session and rebooting I didn't have Internet.
Thanks to Eddie and internet search I know now it was beacouse persistent network lock is enabled in bluetit.rs file.
So I tried:→ sudo /sbin/bluetit stop and it worked.
Unfortunatelly after another goldcrest session and:→ sudo /sbin/bluetit stop ; again no Internet!!!
I tried:→goldcrest --disconnect
and:→ sudo nft flush ruleset
and:→ sudo iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
I also uninstalled AirVPN Suite and rebooted but still no Internet.
Now I can only go on line with Eddie or wg-quick. I want also connection without VPN!
Help, please!
BTW, why I can't connect with Eddie when I choose different device I created?

[Staff 10500]

@zedik

Hello!

sudo bluetit stop is not a valid command to stop Bluetit. Can you tell us where you found this "fanciful" information?

Please read the user's manual here to know how to stop Bluetit:
https://gitlab.com/AirVPN/AirVPN-Suite/-/blob/master/README.md?ref_type=heads#controlling-bluetit-daemon

If the problem persists after you have stopped Bluetit for real and after you have READ THE MANUAL please feel free to state your Linux distribution name and version and publish Bluetit's log to let us investigate.

Kind regards
 

[zedik 1]

Is:→ sudo /sbin/bluetit stop - and found this "fanciful" information on Internet.
I don't have AirVPN Suite anymore (uninstalled) and want back my no VPN connection.

Just noticed airvpnSuite left changed /etc/resolv.conf file. How to restore original resolv.conf?

Edited ... by zedik
Just noticed

[Staff 10500]

33 minutes ago, zedik said:

Is:→ sudo /sbin/bluetit stop - and found this "fanciful" information on Internet.

Hello!

Where exactly? We would like to fix it but no search engine can find it as far as we see. Can you give us a link?
 

33 minutes ago, zedik said:

I don't have AirVPN Suite anymore (uninstalled) and want back my no VPN connection.

Please determine whether the problem is connectivity or only names resolution and report back at your convenience. Also answer to our previous questions to let us help you properly.
 

33 minutes ago, zedik said:

Just noticed airvpnSuite left changed /etc/resolv.conf file. How to restore original resolv.conf?

Not a big deal. As you can read on the manual your case can be resolved immediately. It can be triggered by a "kill -9" command or analogous situations. How to recover network settings is described here. https://gitlab.com/AirVPN/AirVPN-Suite/-/blob/master/README.md?ref_type=heads#recover-your-network-settings

If you purged Bluetit, however, you may have destroyed the whole /etc/airvpn directory so you deleted the resolv.conf backup copy too that is kept protected there. Again, not a big deal. In this case just rebuild your resolv.conf file manually or via your DNS management tool (for example network-manager, systemd-resolved...).

Kind regards
 

[zedik 1]

Command: "sudo /sbin/bluetit stop" I found using AI (Ask in Brave browser) but don't remember the question. Can not give you a link, sorry.
AirVPN Suite is not for me. I still don't know how properly end the goldcrest session with network lock off and return to no VPN connection.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think is design to run VPN all the time with traffic splitting.
Anyway its buggy because uninstalling Suite leaves modified by it /etc/resolv.conf file and you end up with no Internet — but I found solution.
Remedy → 2 commands: ↓

sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
sudo ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

Shouldn't this be included in uninstall.sh file?

[Staff 10500]

9 hours ago, zedik said:

Command: "sudo /sbin/bluetit stop" I found using AI (Ask in Brave browser) but don't remember the question.

Hello!

Thanks, now it's clear. It's a typical LLM hallucination. We strongly recommend you do not trust them: the free model for the casual consumer hallucinates so often in this regard that we have already documented disasters much more serious than the small incident you had. We also have to fix frequently threads and the support team claims that they have every day bizarre reports clearly caused by wrong assumptions based on LLM hallucinations. Please read the manual instead.
 

9 hours ago, zedik said:

AirVPN Suite is not for me. I still don't know how properly end the goldcrest session with network lock off

There are typically two ways, one of them compliant to Unix and Linux conventions (sending a signal). Everything is documented on the manual. Stopping Goldcrest requires a second, either in synchronous or asynchronous mode. Note that stopping Goldcrest (the client) does not imply stopping Bluetit (the daemon), so if you stop Goldcrest and you have persistent network lock by Bluetit, you will not disable network lock (and rightly so!). Apparently all of your problems were born from an LLM hallucination. Just read the manual, it was written with care. When you can see what the Suite can do you may change your mind.
 

9 hours ago, zedik said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think is design to run VPN all the time with traffic splitting.

You're wrong in the sense that by default Bluetit keeps traffic splitting disabled: it is opt-in. Read the manual and you'll see. Here we're talking about per-app reverse traffic splitting based on dedicated namespace, which is a safe way to split traffic on an app basis. In a desktop environment, both X.Org and Wayland are supported.
 

9 hours ago, zedik said:

Anyway its buggy because uninstalling Suite leaves modified by it /etc/resolv.conf file and you end up with no Internet

This is not true, and anyway it's not buggy. Probably you have not understood the "issue" so far, never mind. If you read the manual you'll get the whole picture and you might even re-consider the software suite. If you don't, never mind and just keep going on: as usual AirVPN can be used normally without our software and we will never force proprietary software usage.
 

9 hours ago, zedik said:

Shouldn't this be included in uninstall.sh file?

Of course not, for the same reasons.

Kind regards
 

[zedik 1]

Are you saing that "goldcrest --disconnect" or "goldcrest --pause" plus "sudo systemctl stop bluetit" will give me Internet without VPN?
If confirmed I'll tray Suite again.
Q, "This is not true, and anyway it's not buggy" - so why I had to remove modified /etc/resolv.conf file?
Shouldn't uninstall do that?
Q, "Probably you have not understood the "issue" so far" - please elaborate! I love learning.

[Staff 10500]

10 hours ago, zedik said:

Are you saing that "goldcrest --disconnect" or "goldcrest --pause" plus "sudo systemctl stop bluetit" will give me Internet without VPN?
If confirmed I'll tray Suite again.
Q, "This is not true, and anyway it's not buggy" - so why I had to remove modified /etc/resolv.conf file?
Shouldn't uninstall do that?
Q, "Probably you have not understood the "issue" so far" - please elaborate! I love learning.

RTFM