2004-01-21 21:52:31

by Alessandro Suardi

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

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")


2004-01-29 09:58:55

by Sid Boyce

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

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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