I suppose this could be asked on Server Fault as well, but it is specific to the client so I thought I'd start here. I have keys for access to an OpenVPN server already in place. I have used these keys to connect already, but using a Windows XP machine. On a Ubuntu machine, I installed OpenVPN and then configured client.conf file so that I could run:

sudo openvpn --config client.conf

And it seems correct but I still can't connect and get these errors and lines of output:

Mon May 31 14:34:57 2010 ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 7

Mon May 31 14:34:57 2010 /sbin/route add -net 10.8.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 10.8.0.17 SIOCADDRT: File exists

Mon May 31 14:34:57 2010 ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 7

Mon May 31 14:34:57 2010 Initialization Sequence Completed

I searched the net for forums and ideas and tried some file moving and renaming but still ended up in the same place.