Ubuntu 17.10/18.04 LTS, PIA Icon disappears

p5664198p5664198
edited May 2018 in General VPN Support
Keep having a missing PIA icon at the top when restarting my VPN server, no way to disconnect or change servers and such without it.

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  • p5664198p5664198
    This has progressed to never coming up after restart now. Icon just isn't there but it still connects me to PIA.
  • p5664198p5664198
    edited May 2018
    Update:

    Same thing happening after upgrading system from 17.10 to 18.04 LTS. I've re-installed and the icon just doesn't show up at all now even after uninstall/re-install. Also this is being used in Hyper V if that makes a difference.
  • anyuseranyuser
    p5664198 said:
    This has progressed to never coming up after restart now. Icon just isn't there but it still connects me to PIA.
    Ubuntu 18.04 ALT+F2, type in r, press enter.
  • anyuseranyuser
    Ubuntu 18.04 ALT+F2, type in r, press enter.
  • NyloNylo
    I had this issue on 1 out of 2 different laptops after installing Linux 17.10.
    Here is what I did to fix the issue using terminal command

    Uninstall PIA
    sudo rm -rf ~/.pia_manager/ /opt/pia/ ~/.{config,cache}/PrivateInternetAccess/
    ~/.local/share/applications/pia_manager.desktop

    - After that file search "PIA" and delete anything that comes up. (Catfish is great for this)
    - Make sure you have openvpn installed. *Synaptic File Manager is your friend
    - Download latest PIA for Linux to your Download folder
    - Open Terminal and run the below commands then follow instructions

    Install PIA
    cd Downloads/
    chmod +x pia-v80-installer-linux.sh
    ./pia-v80-installer-linux.sh
    When all is done do a hard boot.  Hope this helps.

    *There has also been an issue with Synaptic File Manager not opening.
    Below is a terminal command to get access.
    sudo dpkg --configure -a
    sudo apt-get autoclean
    sudo apt-get clean sudo synaptic
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