Hi,

I am trying to install Cisco VPN client 4.0.4A on Mandrake Linux 10.1 with kernel 2.6.8
I followed all the instructions to make it work and one fine day it suddenly stopped working.

When I do vpnclient connect myvpn It gives me error:

Could not attach to driver. Is kernel module loaded?
The application was unable to communicate with the VPN sub-system.

I then tried to re-install it and when I perform the following action

/etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start to start the service, I get the insmod error saying
insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/CiscoVPN/cisco_ipsec.ko': -1 File exists

I am not getting now what to do. the module cisco_ipsec does not show up in lsmod or in modprobe -l command.

Please help.

Thanks,
Anand.

Try running the insmod command directly from your shell. With any luck there will be an error message that states what the problem is. Have you perhaps updated your kernel recently but not updated that particular module?

Hi,

I tried running the insmod command from shell and here is the output :

insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/CiscoVPN/cisco_ipsec.ko': -1 File exists

It is same as the error I get while running the script.

I did not update my kernel, however, I re-installed the complete package and still I am getting the same error.

Anand.

Hello,

After trying the module insertion does "dmesg' command give you more info about what's wrong?
you can also try 'modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/CiscoVPN/cisco_ipsec.ko' to see if the module accepts a debug option

Oliv'

There is no debug option provided with the module itself.
Is there any other way to check what might be going wrong? any log messgeses for system activities or so?

Anand.

Hey guys,

good news !! I got it to work finally.

It was the order of starting of the service at boot-up. the networking service should start after the vpn service starts. I changed the order in /etc/rc5.d/. Now the vpn service starts before the network service.

And now its working for me !!

I received few responses saying they were facing the same issue. Lets hope the solution will help them as well.

thanks,
Anand.