Chromebook VPN

Update 2020-W50-1: haven't connected to PIA for several weeks now. May be dead. Using native client on a more modern platform and it works ok. Would like to have a linux computer that can be maintained off network another time.

Was 2020-W18-3:

On my CB3-131, had a lot of trouble getting PIA working. Hopefully this saves some people some time. This is the configuration I went with:

I pulled the relevant server hostname from : https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/network/
I used my username from the user portal and password from generated from portal.
I pulled the pre-shared key from : https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/windows7-l2tp which is currently mysafety

I could not get the certs to work with openVPN, could not get the certs to work with L2TP/cert. So I had to fill in the strings into the settings page manually.

RaspberryPi B+ in 2020 (Raspbian Wheezy)

Ran into major problems during upgrade. Shell output:

~ $ sudo apt-get update --fix-missingErr http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No                                                       address associated with hostname)Ign http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy ReleaseHit http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy Release.gpgIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy Release.gpgHit http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy ReleaseErr http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy/rpi armhf Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No                                                       address associated with hostname)Err http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy/rpi Translation-en_GB  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No                                                       address associated with hostname)Err http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy/rpi Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No                                                       address associated with hostname)Hit http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy/main armhf PackagesIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy ReleaseIgn http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy/main Translation-en_GBIgn http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy/main Translation-enErr http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/main armhf Packages  404  Not FoundErr http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib armhf Packages  404  Not FoundErr http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free armhf Packages  404  Not FoundErr http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/rpi armhf Packages  404  Not FoundIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en_GBIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-enIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/main Translation-en_GBIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/main Translation-enIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en_GBIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-enIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/rpi Translation-en_GBIgn http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org wheezy/rpi Translation-enW: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg  So                                                      mething wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No addr                                                      ess associated with hostname)
W: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/rpi/binary-armh                                                      f/Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http'                                                       (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
W: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/rpi/i18n/Transl                                                      ation-en_GB  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http                                                      ' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
W: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/rpi/i18n/Transl                                                      ation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (                                                      -5 - No address associated with hostname)
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/wheezy/main                                                      /binary-armhf/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/wheezy/cont                                                      rib/binary-armhf/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/wheezy/non-                                                      free/binary-armhf/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/wheezy/rpi/                                                      binary-armhf/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used                                                       instead.

Found link on internet: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=262826#p1600295 to modify sources.list

sudo apt-get updateErr http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)Ign http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy ReleaseHit http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy Release.gpgHit http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy Release.gpgHit http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy ReleaseHit http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy ReleaseHit http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy/main armhf PackagesHit http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/main armhf PackagesHit http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib armhf PackagesHit http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free armhf PackagesHit http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/rpi armhf PackagesErr http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy/rpi armhf Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)Err http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy/rpi Translation-en_GB  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)Err http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy/rpi Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)Ign http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy/main Translation-en_GBIgn http://archive.raspberrypi.org wheezy/main Translation-enIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en_GBIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-enIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/main Translation-en_GBIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/main Translation-enIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en_GBIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-enIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/rpi Translation-en_GBIgn http://legacy.raspbian.org wheezy/rpi Translation-enW: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname) W: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/rpi/binary-armhf/Packages  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname) W: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/rpi/i18n/Translation-en_GB  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname) W: Failed to fetch http://raspberrypi.collabora.com/dists/wheezy/rpi/i18n/Translation-en  Something wicked happened resolving 'raspberrypi.collabora.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname) E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

It's getting better. Still a work in progress