cisco vpn client 4.6 on fedora core 2 2.6.10-1.9_FC2

[Rich Ibbotson]

Hi Teddy,

I have been fighting similar issues.  On my system, though, the vpn 
client hangs the system when I try to start a tunnel under kernel 
2.6.9-1.11_FC2.  The system does not freeze under kernel 2.6.10-1.9_FC2, 
but I do get the same compilation warnings, and the tunnel is never 
successfully created.  (I'm using version 4.6 of the vpn client, built 
from a tarball with "4.6.00.0045-k9" in the name.)  For now, I'm keeping 
a 2.6.8-1.521 kernel around to use when I need a VPN connection.  Less 
than ideal, to say the least.

I'm hoping that Cisco has a newer version of their client software that 
builds and runs properly under 2.6.10.  Failing that, you may be able to 
use vpnc (http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/).  I don't know 
anything about it, just happened across it.

-Rich

Thaddeus J. Kowalski wrote:

> I have fc2 and had 2.6.9-1.11_FC2.  just yum'ed and got 2.6.10-1.9_FC2.
> I have a cisco vpn client, version 4.6.  when I compiled it on 2.6.9-1.11
>     Making module
>     make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.11_FC2/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vpn modules
>     make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.11_FC2/build'
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/linuxcniapi.o
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/frag.o
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/IPSecDrvOS_linux.o
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/interceptor.o
>       LD [M]  /tmp/vpn/cisco_ipsec.o
>       Building modules, stage 2.
>       MODPOST
>       CC      /tmp/vpn/cisco_ipsec.mod.o
>       LD [M]  /tmp/vpn/cisco_ipsec.ko
>     make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.11_FC2/build'
>     Copying module to directory "/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.11_FC2/CiscoVPN".
> and ran vpnclient connect myserver
> all was fine
>
> when I compile it on 2.6.10-1.9
>     Making module
>     make -C /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.9_FC2/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vpn modules
>     make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.9_FC2/build'
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/linuxcniapi.o
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/frag.o
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/IPSecDrvOS_linux.o
>       CC [M]  /tmp/vpn/interceptor.o
>     /tmp/vpn/interceptor.c: In function `recv_ip_packet_handler':
>     /tmp/vpn/interceptor.c:607: warning: passing arg 1 of
> `skb_checksum_help' from incompatible pointer type
>     /tmp/vpn/interceptor.c: In function `do_cni_send':
>     /tmp/vpn/interceptor.c:732: warning: passing arg 1 of
> `skb_checksum_help' from incompatible pointer type
>       LD [M]  /tmp/vpn/cisco_ipsec.o
>       Building modules, stage 2.
>       MODPOST
>     Warning: could not find /tmp/vpn/.libdriver.so.cmd for
> /tmp/vpn/libdriver.so
>       CC      /tmp/vpn/cisco_ipsec.mod.o
>       LD [M]  /tmp/vpn/cisco_ipsec.ko
>     make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.9_FC2/build'
>     Create module directory "/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.9_FC2/CiscoVPN".
>     Copying module to directory "/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.9_FC2/CiscoVPN".
> I got warning and when I ran vpnclient connect myserver
> the system locks and I need to power cycle to get it back
>
> do you have a suggestion for me?  Thanks for your help.
> teddy
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