2008/12/5 Christopher A. Williams <chriswfedora@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 18:39 -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: >> Hi All; >> >> I got the latest vpnclient download from cisco -I'm running 64bit Fedora 10 >> >> I un-tarred the vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.00.0490-k9.tar.gz (as root) in the >> /opt dir >> >> then in the new vpnclient dir I ran this: >> >> ./vpn_install >> >> and after following the prompts I get this error: >> >> Making module >> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64/build SUBDIRS=/opt/vpnclient >> modules >> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64' >> scripts/Makefile.build:46: *** CFLAGS was changed in "/opt/vpnclient/Makefile". >> Fix it to use EXTRA_CFLAGS. Stop. >> make[1]: *** [_module_/opt/vpnclient] Error 2 >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64' >> make: *** [default] Error 2 >> Failed to make module "cisco_ipsec.ko". > > <snip...> > >> >> Thoughts ? > > The Cisco vpn client is *very old* software. It hasn't worked out of the > box in several years because they continue to make depricated system > calls and just generally don't keep up with kernel updates. > > I'm sure someone will come up with another work-around in the code to > make the newest kernel work fairly soon. > > Otherwise, I would advise that unless you have a specific need for the > Cisco client, use the Cisco VPN client plugin that comes with > NetworkManager (NetworkManager-vpnc). It will import settings from a > cisco .pcf configuration file and works impressively well. The only time > I haven't been able to use it with a Cisco VPN gateway was almost 3 > years ago with an old employer who was using a vpn tunneling setting > that was considered old back then. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > -- > ================================== > By all means marry; > If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. > If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. > > --Socrates > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > I installed vpnc-0.5.1-6.fc9.i386 openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc9.i386 NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0-0.11.svn4326.fc9.i386 openvpn-auth-ldap-2.0.3-3.fc9.i386 and got the mesage "VPN1 cannot start because the VPN Service failed to start" i also need this *really very old* client to make it work with kernel 2.6. any suggestions in order to make my connection work? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
