Common_Radish_4964

upon installation of the most up to date 4.7.1, I couldn't start the Protonvpn

TLDR, reinstall proton-vpn-gnome-desktop, fixes the issues.

below are my terminal history,

similar to the bug report from reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1gjhaoi/protonvpn_update_on_linux_mint_213_fails_to_start/ (front end: https://redlib.privacyredirect.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1gjhaoi/protonvpn_update_on_linux_mint_213_fails_to_start/)

$ protonvpn-app 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/protonvpn-app", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('proton-vpn-gtk-app==4.7.1', 'console_scripts', 'protonvpn-app')())
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/app/gtk/__main__.py", line 35, in main
    controller = Controller.get(executor, exception_handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/app/gtk/controller.py", line 64, in get
    executor.submit(controller.initialize_vpn_connector).result()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 458, in result
    return self.__get_result()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 403, in __get_result
    raise self._exception
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/app/gtk/controller.py", line 97, in initialize_vpn_connector
    self._connector = await self._api.get_vpn_connector()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/core/api.py", line 63, in get_vpn_connector
    self._vpn_connector = await VPNConnector.get(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 94, in get
    await connector.initialize_state()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 251, in initialize_state
    state = await self._get_initial_state()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 240, in _get_initial_state
    current_connection = await self._get_current_connection()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 218, in _get_current_connection
    backend_class = Loader.get("backend", persisted_parameters.backend)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/proton/loader/loader.py", line 129, in get
    raise RuntimeError(f"Loader: couldn't find an acceptable implementation for {type_name}.")
RuntimeError: Loader: couldn't find an acceptable implementation for backend.

$ sudo apt install proton-vpn-gnome-desktop

[sudo] password for user: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  python3-proton-vpn-network-manager
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  proton-vpn-gnome-desktop python3-proton-vpn-network-manager
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 31.1 kB of archives.
After this operation, 207 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable/main all python3-proton-vpn-network-manager all 0.9.4 [28.4 kB]
Get:2 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable/main all proton-vpn-gnome-desktop all 0.8.0 [2,628 B]
Fetched 31.1 kB in 1s (24.5 kB/s)                    
Selecting previously unselected package python3-proton-vpn-network-manager.
(Reading database ... 235378 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python3-proton-vpn-network-manager_0.9.4_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-proton-vpn-network-manager (0.9.4) ...
Selecting previously unselected package proton-vpn-gnome-desktop.
Preparing to unpack .../proton-vpn-gnome-desktop_0.8.0_all.deb ...
Unpacking proton-vpn-gnome-desktop (0.8.0) ...
Setting up python3-proton-vpn-network-manager (0.9.4) ...
Setting up proton-vpn-gnome-desktop (0.8.0) ...

Once the onion network is established, I would like to run yt-dlp, however, I am hit by the error message saying no connection is established.. same goes to other software I use.

how can i dothat?

I used to be a command line interface (CLI) user and still prefer it, but the graphical user interface (GUI) app has been good—it's stable and fast with WireGuard.

It will reconnect if the connection drops, and the kill switch is functioning. If you're using the v3 CLI, you should check out the new GUI.

A big thank you to the dev

until there is a cli, i will using the gui

When protonvpn is in tiling mode, it leaves a lot of unused space

When protonvpn is in tiling mode, it leaves a lot of unused space

I don't think I understand. THe free plan allows

10 aliases
1 mailbox

But now I can't create any reverse alias at all

https://app.simplelogin.io/dashboard/pricing

these are flatseal and ungoogled chrome, as examples, somde flatpak work fine, others are white screen

during AMA, reddit user VladDBA asked. i m here to reiterate beacuse I am interested too

how do they know?

since someone tried to make one already

https://flathub.org/apps/com.protonvpn.www

I would like to add an image by link, instead of uploading, would that be a feature planned for protonmail?