Problem installing Mullvad VPN on Vero V

I am trying to use zomboided as suggested in many places to install a mullvad VPN.

I have tried most of the suggestions in various posts, either quite old, or relevenat to ther vpn providers, all to no avail.

On my osmc vero V, i have installed zomboided add-on, openvpn and wireguard packages.

In zomboided, I select the provider Mullvad from the drop down list, follow the instructions and when iI try to cycle to the first vpn, I get the following:

2024-11-02 16:10:59.066 T:2917     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogSelect.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-02 16:11:10.315 T:2917     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogKeyboard.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-02 16:11:21.362 T:2917     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-02 16:11:25.901 T:3038     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Creating VPN provider directory /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad
2024-11-02 16:12:50.899 T:3038     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) VPN configuration /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/Australia (UDP).ovpn start >>>
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: client
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: dev tun
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: proto udp
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: remote-random
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-adl-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-mel-003.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.900 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-mel-002.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-201.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-202.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-cbr-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-203.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-003.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-204.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-mel-004.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-per-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.901 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-002.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-syd-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: remote au-bne-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: remote-cert-tls server
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: resolv-retry 30
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: nobind
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: persist-key
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: persist-tun
2024-11-02 16:12:50.902 T:3038     info <general>: auth-user-pass /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/pass.txt
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: fast-io
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: verb 1
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: tun-ipv6
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: ca /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/ca.crt
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: cipher AES-256-CBC
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: tls-cipher TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384:TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: sndbuf 524288
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: rcvbuf 524288
2024-11-02 16:12:50.903 T:3038     info <general>: dhcp-option DNSSEC allow-downgrade
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: dhcp-option DOMAIN-ROUTE .
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: script-security 2
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: setenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: down-pre
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: ping 5
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: ping-exit 30
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: ping-timer-rem
2024-11-02 16:12:50.904 T:3038     info <general>: remap-usr1 SIGTERM
2024-11-02 16:12:50.905 T:3038     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) <<< VPN configuration file end
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) VPN log file start >>>
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:31 Note: option tun-ipv6 is ignored because modern operating systems do not need special IPv6 tun handling anymore.
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:31 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change >
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:31 WARNING: file '/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/pass.txt' is group or others accessible
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:31 OpenVPN 2.5.1 arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on May 14 2021
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:31 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023, LZO 2.10
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:31 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:33 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]116.206.228.242:1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.960 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:33 UDP link local: (not bound)
2024-11-02 16:12:50.961 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:11:33 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]116.206.228.242:1194
2024-11-02 16:12:50.961 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:12:04 [UNDEF] Inactivity timeout (--ping-exit), exiting
2024-11-02 16:12:50.961 T:3038     info <general>: 2024-11-02 16:12:04 SIGTERM[soft,ping-exit] received, process exiting
2024-11-02 16:12:50.961 T:3038     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) <<< VPN log file end
2024-11-02 16:12:51.456 T:3038    error <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Error connecting to VPN, connection has timed out or VPN could not be reached. Retry, or try using a different port or VPN profile.

I tried changing the port vai using providers suggested port option and I then get a series of failures lines like these:

RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address:  au-sys-201.mullvad.net:1194

Here is part of the other log file:

2024-11-03 07:18:06.057 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogVolumeBar.xml, load type: LOAD_ON_GUI_INIT
2024-11-03 07:18:06.059 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: Custom_BackgroundMute.xml, load type: LOAD_ON_GUI_INIT
2024-11-03 07:18:06.059 T:2852     info <general>: Loading resource://resource.uisounds.kodi/sounds.xml
2024-11-03 07:18:06.098 T:2852     info <general>:   skin loaded...
2024-11-03 07:18:06.099 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: Home.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:18:06.118 T:2852    error <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window favourites
2024-11-03 07:18:19.056 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (service.py) Starting VPN monitor service, platform is 2, version is 7.0.3
2024-11-03 07:18:19.057 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (service.py) Kodi build is 21.1
2024-11-03 07:18:19.081 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (service.py) Addon path is /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/
2024-11-03 07:18:19.868 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:18:21.132 T:3092     info <general>: [ script.embuary.helper ] Service: Started
2024-11-03 07:18:21.132 T:3092     info <general>: [ script.embuary.helper ] Service: Player monitor started
2024-11-03 07:18:24.220 T:3089     info <general>: [ABC iView v2.0.7_matrix] Started iplay playlist HTTP server on port 40893
2024-11-03 07:18:26.911 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogSelect.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:18:38.869 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogKeyboard.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:18:51.082 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:18:55.813 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Creating VPN provider directory /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.man>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.595 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) VPN configuration /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mull>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: client
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: dev tun
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: proto udp
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: remote-random
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-adl-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-mel-003.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.596 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-mel-002.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-201.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-202.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-cbr-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-203.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-003.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-204.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-mel-004.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-per-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.597 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-002.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-syd-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: remote au-bne-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: remote-cert-tls server
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: resolv-retry 30
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: nobind
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: persist-key
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: persist-tun
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: auth-user-pass /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/pass.txt
2024-11-03 07:20:19.598 T:3097     info <general>: fast-io
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: verb 1
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: tun-ipv6
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: ca /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/ca.crt
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: cipher AES-256-CBC
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: tls-cipher TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384:TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: sndbuf 524288
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: rcvbuf 524288
2024-11-03 07:20:19.599 T:3097     info <general>: dhcp-option DNSSEC allow-downgrade
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: dhcp-option DOMAIN-ROUTE .
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: script-security 2
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: setenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: down-pre
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: ping 5
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: ping-exit 30
2024-11-03 07:20:19.600 T:3097     info <general>: ping-timer-rem
2024-11-03 07:20:19.601 T:3097     info <general>: remap-usr1 SIGTERM
2024-11-03 07:20:19.601 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) <<< VPN configuration file end
2024-11-03 07:20:19.655 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) VPN log file start >>>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.655 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:00 Note: option tun-ipv6 is ignored because modern operating systems do not >
2024-11-03 07:20:19.655 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:00 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ci>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.655 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:00 WARNING: file '/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/pass.t>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:00 OpenVPN 2.5.1 arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EP>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:00 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023, LZO 2.10
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:00 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration >
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:03 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]116.206.228.24>
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:03 UDP link local: (not bound)
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:03 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]116.206.228.242:1194
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:33 [UNDEF] Inactivity timeout (--ping-exit), exiting
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:19:33 SIGTERM[soft,ping-exit] received, process exiting
2024-11-03 07:20:19.656 T:3097     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) <<< VPN log file end
2024-11-03 07:20:20.156 T:3097    error <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Error connecting to VPN, connection has timed out or VPN could not be r>
2024-11-03 07:20:26.494 T:2976     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2024-11-03 07:20:26.494 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Requested layout FL, FR
2024-11-03 07:20:26.494 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - set digital codec 0
2024-11-03 07:20:26.494 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
2024-11-03 07:20:26.505 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
2024-11-03 07:20:26.505 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2024-11-03 07:20:26.505 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2024-11-03 07:20:26.507 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - speaker layout 0
2024-11-03 07:20:26.789 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/resources/skins/Default/720p/l>
2024-11-03 07:21:03.867 T:2976     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2024-11-03 07:21:03.867 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Requested layout FL, FR
2024-11-03 07:21:03.867 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - set digital codec 0
2024-11-03 07:21:03.867 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
2024-11-03 07:21:03.875 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
2024-11-03 07:21:03.876 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2024-11-03 07:21:03.876 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2024-11-03 07:21:03.877 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - speaker layout 0
2024-11-03 07:21:03.996 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:24:14.401 T:2976     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2024-11-03 07:24:14.401 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Requested layout FL, FR
2024-11-03 07:24:14.401 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - set digital codec 0
2024-11-03 07:24:14.402 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
2024-11-03 07:24:14.420 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
2024-11-03 07:24:14.421 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2024-11-03 07:24:14.421 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2024-11-03 07:24:14.423 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - speaker layout 0
2024-11-03 07:24:15.819 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: MyPrograms.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:24:41.299 T:3157     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Received connection info from ipinfo.io, IP 157.211.81.174 location Wes>
2024-11-03 07:24:41.361 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/resources/skins/Default/720p/i>
2024-11-03 07:24:58.195 T:2976     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2024-11-03 07:24:58.195 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Requested layout FL, FR
2024-11-03 07:24:58.195 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - set digital codec 0
2024-11-03 07:24:58.196 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
2024-11-03 07:24:58.205 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
2024-11-03 07:24:58.205 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2024-11-03 07:24:58.205 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2024-11-03 07:24:58.207 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - speaker layout 0
2024-11-03 07:24:58.330 T:3156    error <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://service.vpn.manager/?system
2024-11-03 07:24:58.360 T:2852    error <general>: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://service.vpn.manager/?system) failed
2024-11-03 07:25:05.674 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: DialogAddonSettings.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2024-11-03 07:25:05.736 T:3161    error <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://service.vpn.manager/?list
2024-11-03 07:25:39.151 T:2852    error <general>: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://service.vpn.manager/?list) failed
2024-11-03 07:26:19.098 T:3167  warning <general>: CPythonInvoker(14): Script invoked without an addon. Adding all addon modules installed to py>
2024-11-03 07:26:25.989 T:3167     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Creating VPN provider directory /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.man>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.391 T:3167     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) VPN configuration /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mull>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: client
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: dev tun
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: proto udp
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote-random
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-adl-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-mel-003.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-mel-002.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-201.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-202.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-cbr-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.392 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-203.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-003.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-204.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-mel-004.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-per-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-002.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-syd-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote au-bne-001.mullvad.net 1194
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: remote-cert-tls server
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: resolv-retry 30
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: nobind
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: persist-key
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: persist-tun
2024-11-03 07:27:50.393 T:3167     info <general>: auth-user-pass /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/pass.txt
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: fast-io
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: verb 1
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: tun-ipv6
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: ca /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/ca.crt
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: cipher AES-256-CBC
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: tls-cipher TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384:TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: sndbuf 524288
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: rcvbuf 524288
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: dhcp-option DNSSEC allow-downgrade
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: dhcp-option DOMAIN-ROUTE .
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: script-security 2
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: setenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
2024-11-03 07:27:50.394 T:3167     info <general>: down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
2024-11-03 07:27:50.395 T:3167     info <general>: down-pre
2024-11-03 07:27:50.395 T:3167     info <general>: ping 5
2024-11-03 07:27:50.395 T:3167     info <general>: ping-exit 30
2024-11-03 07:27:50.395 T:3167     info <general>: ping-timer-rem
2024-11-03 07:27:50.395 T:3167     info <general>: remap-usr1 SIGTERM
2024-11-03 07:27:50.395 T:3167     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) <<< VPN configuration file end
2024-11-03 07:27:50.434 T:3167     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) VPN log file start >>>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:31 Note: option tun-ipv6 is ignored because modern operating systems do not >
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:31 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ci>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:31 WARNING: file '/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/Mullvad/pass.t>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:31 OpenVPN 2.5.1 arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EP>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:31 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023, LZO 2.10
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:31 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration >
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:32 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-syd-201.mullvad.net:1194 (Name o>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:37 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-syd-201.mullvad.net:1194 (Name o>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:42 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-syd-201.mullvad.net:1194 (Name o>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:47 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-syd-201.mullvad.net:1194 (Name o>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:52 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-syd-201.mullvad.net:1194 (Name o>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:57 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-syd-201.mullvad.net:1194 (Name o>
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:57 Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: 2024-11-03 07:26:57 SIGTERM[soft,init_instance] received, process exiting
2024-11-03 07:27:50.435 T:3167     info <general>: VPN Mgr : (vpnplatform.py) <<< VPN log file end
2024-11-03 07:27:50.911 T:3167    error <general>: VPN Mgr : (common.py) Error connecting to VPN, something unexpected happened. Check log for m>
2024-11-03 07:28:03.981 T:2976     info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2024-11-03 07:28:03.981 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Requested layout FL, FR
2024-11-03 07:28:03.982 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - set digital codec 0
2024-11-03 07:28:03.982 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
2024-11-03 07:28:03.995 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
2024-11-03 07:28:03.996 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2024-11-03 07:28:03.996 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2024-11-03 07:28:03.997 T:2976     info <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - speaker layout 0
2024-11-03 07:28:04.276 T:2852     info <general>: Loading skin file: /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/service.vpn.manager/resources/skins/Default/720p/l>


Everywhere it states to use a vpn when using KODI, yet the information about how to setup a vpn is rather scarce, if not out of date.

Any help would be appreciated.

I would have originally suggested a DNS issue, but I can’t resolve au-syd-201.mullvad.net either. Maybe check with the VPN provider if that endpoint is valid / up to date.

Hello Sam.

Gosh, you seem to work hard! Always here, trying to help!

I had tried other servbers besides the australian one as well (including some swedish ones). I think the problem is with zomboided.

I could get wireguard working manually. Unfortunately that is not satisfactory as it is a hassle to change server rather than just picking it from a drop down list. Same concerns in setting it up on my end point router.

The problem seems to be that these endpoints don’t resolve / don’t exist. Maybe the add-on is using an old OVPN file.

Hole-in-one, Sam!

That is exactly what it is. The names of the servers have changed and the ones used by zomboided are not the current ones!

I will have to try to use user-defined files. I will do that when I get some time for it. I already have spend a lot of time on this device and, unfortunately, I do not have such a long rest of my life to squander the time!

Thanks again, for your help, Sam.

When I have tried the user-defined, if successfully, I will come back, mark it as “Solution” and upload the file(s) I used.

Let me know how it goes.