Trouble Installing Cisco VPN

[bracemg]

The package came with a file called vpn_install, so I just type ./vpn_install and this is what I got:

Directory where binaries will be installed [/usr/local/bin]

Automatically start the VPN service at boot time [yes]y

In order to build the VPN kernel module, you must have the
kernel headers for the version of the kernel you are running.


Directory containing linux kernel source code [/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build]

* Binaries will be installed in "/usr/local/bin".
* Modules will be installed in "/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/CiscoVPN".
* The VPN service will be started AUTOMATICALLY at boot time.
* Kernel source from "/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build" will be used to build the module.

Is the above correct [y]y

Making module
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/mattbracewell/vpn modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
CC [M] /home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.o
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:12:26: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /home/mattbracewell/vpn/Cniapi.h:15,
from /home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:27:
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/GenDefs.h:113: error: conflicting types for ‘uintptr_t’
include/linux/types.h:40: error: previous declaration of ‘uintptr_t’ was here
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c: In function ‘CniInjectReceive’:
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:297: error: implicit declaration of function ‘skb_set_timestamp’
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:331: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘nh’
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:332: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘mac’
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c: In function ‘CniInjectSend’:
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:454: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘mac’
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:455: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘nh’
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:458: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘h’
/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.c:458: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘nh’
make[2]: *** [/home/mattbracewell/vpn/linuxcniapi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/mattbracewell/vpn] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module "cisco_ipsec.ko".

Any ideas? Please be gentle...I"m a newbie

[Snowhog]

Re: Trouble Installing Cisco VPN

You need to be root to install the application. Open a console and type sudo su and after typing in your password, you will be running as root. CD into the directory where the installer file is (/usr/src/vpnclient) and then type ./vpn_install

[K0LO]

Re: Trouble Installing Cisco VPN

bracemg:

If you still have problems then you may have an older version of the Cisco VPN client. Even the latest version needs to be patched to work with the 2.6.24 Linux kernel.

Here is a good article with detailed instructions on how to patch the latest VPN client. The article's author has even hosted the VPN client file and his patch.

I've been using Cisco's VPN client (need it to access the work network) for several years. Every time there is a new kernel version the app breaks until either Cisco fixes it or someone publishes a fix. After you do this a couple of times you will get pretty good at it! By the way, the latest fix works well with Kubuntu Hardy.