I notice that an 'openvpn' package is in Slackware-current (soon to be Slackware 12.0). Maybe this package will work with your Cisco equipment? As an extra note, the Speakup modified kernel in slackware-current is version 2.6.21.5--looks like Slackware is about to move on to 2.6.x kernels completely. Have a great dday. On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 02:20:07PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > Yeah, I'm thinking of maintaining both the latest 2.4 and 2.6 > kernels. I have a Cisco VPN client that works OK with a 2.4 kernel > but as soon as I throw it on a 2.6 kernel, I keep getting miss-matched > kernel versions or some such; I thought it was compiled to work with > 2.6 but here we go with closed source again <yuck!>. > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:21:03PM -0500, Doug Sutherland wrote: > > Yea, listen to patrick, "unless you have a particular reason" to install > > headers then it's better to not do so. The glibc is the crux of all of > > this toolchain, and the same reason why that old viavoice became > > a nightmare to support. The distro folks like patrick play with gcc, > > glibc, and binutils combination until they find a stable combination > > to build the entire system out of. The kernel headers, as he states > > in his warning, it's dangerous to use headers newer than the glibc > > version on your system. You can still build the 2.6.x kernel. There > > are some situations where stuff will not build, which is why he has > > the headers on the site, but don't change headers as a default > > starting point, only as a last resort. And yes, you don't need the > > modules, in fact you don't need anything from there. Patrick uses > > ONLY unmodified kernels anyways, so if you want the latest > > that still works with speakup, grab the last of the 2.21.x from > > kernel.org. Or be like us old folks who prefer the stable > > "trailing edge". I have not found a need for 2.6.x yet, so using > > Patrick's similar logic, I will do so when I have a reason to. > > I used to chase the leading edge kernels but found that it was > > generally a waste of time in the large scheme of things. > > > > -- Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light... PARABOLA = x ^ 2
