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

[Thaddeus J. Kowalski]

2.6.9-1.11_FC2 does not hang my system and does establish
the tunnel with 4.6.00.0045-k9.  Starting with 2.6.10-1.8_FC2
and later with 2.6.10-1.9_FC2 I seen the compilation warnings
and the hanging system problem.
teddy

Rich Ibbotson wrote:
> 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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