2.6.2-rc1 breaks Cisco VPN client 4.0.3.B

2.6.2-rc1 breaks Cisco VPN client 4.0.3.B

[Alessandro Suardi]

I know cisco_ipsec is a binary module, but since 4.0.3.B works on
  any 2.4 and 2.6.{0,1} kernels I thought I'd report this...

On starting the VPN connection 'cvpnd' goes in D state, running
  ps axlw shows it's stuck in __down.

Oh, and reboot obviously hangs. I can Alt-SysRq Sync and Umount
  but I can't reboot - atkbd.c reports too many keys pressed. Eh ?
Funny, it's three keys just as in the S and U case. It doesn't
  seem to like the 'B' letter. I can 'O'ff it though.

If any kind soul is interested in digging further in this, I'm
  as usual available to try stuff out.


Thanks & ciao,

--alessandro

  "Two rivers run too deep
   The seasons change and so do I"
       (U2, "Indian Summer Sky")

Re: 2.6.2-rc1 breaks Cisco VPN client 4.0.3.B

[Sid Boyce]

Sid Boyce wrote:
> 
> Alessandro Suardi wrote:
>  > I know cisco_ipsec is a binary module, but since 4.0.3.B works on
>  > any 2.4 and 2.6.{0,1} kernels I thought I'd report this...
>  >
>  > On starting the VPN connection 'cvpnd' goes in D state, running
>  > ps axlw shows it's stuck in __down.
>  >
>  > Oh, and reboot obviously hangs. I can Alt-SysRq Sync and Umount
>  > but I can't reboot - atkbd.c reports too many keys pressed. Eh ?
>  > Funny, it's three keys just as in the S and U case. It doesn't
>  > seem to like the 'B' letter. I can 'O'ff it though.
>  >
>  > If any kind soul is interested in digging further in this, I'm
>  > as usual available to try stuff out.
> 
> I am seeing the problem with 2.6.2-rc1-mm2. I didn't check cvpnd before 
> I started vpnclient, but both are in D state. Other than that everything 
> is funtional, i.e no lockup and I can do a normal shutdown/reboot. 
> Likewise it works with 2.4.25-pre6. My last look at the Cisco site 
> didn't mention support for 2.6. but it compiles whereas 4.0.1.A didn't. 
> I may go back to the latest 2.6.1 kernel and see if that works. The 
> latest release doc for 4.0.3 dated Dec.2003 still says it doesn't work 
> with kernel 2.5, it may be the document hasn't been updated.
> Regards
> Sid.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

I haven't yet got around to trying with 2.6.2-rc2-mm1. I wonder if 
anyone else has tried lately.
Regards
Sid.


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