On Thursday 06 April 2006 21:41, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > I use cisco vpn from here > http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/4_6/uglinsol/ind >ex.htm to connect to a remote network. > > It used to work ok until I upgraded the kernel to > 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp.i686 > > Although the documentation says that the cisco client does not work with > SMP kernels, I had no problem runing it on all previous kernel versions > from 2.6.11-1.1369 through 2.6.15-1.1833, all SMP versions. > > The workaround is I boot the box in the previous kernel and works. > > What is different in the latest kernel release from the previous? Is > there a way to fix this? Other than the above mentioned.
I see that that client involves a loadable module. I can't find the license so don't know whether it is proprietary or not. If it is the following might relate. On Arch Linux (which is quite bleeding edge) recently the Intel modem drivers (intel536ep and intel537) stopped working due to a change in the kernel regarding loading non-GPL modules. I can't find a lot about it on the web but this was the reason quoted on the list "The drivers no longer compile against 2.6.16, as the serial interface in 2.6.16, only links with drivers distributed under the GPL." Since then the kernel change has been reversed and the modules work again. Maybe this relates to your problem? hads -- I KAISER ROLL?! What good is a Kaiser Roll without a little COLE SLAW on the SIDE?
