Introduction

This note outlines the update to FC3 kernels starting with 2.6.9-1.724 because two unexpected issues arose, one involving the Cisco VPN client and one involving the Intel Pro 2200BG wireless driver.

Update the Kernel

The command

  # yum update

brings the system up to date.

Uninstall the VPN Client

  # cd /root/vpnclient-4.6
  # make clean
  # ./vpn_uninstall

Install the NTFS Kernel Module

Reboot to kernel-2.6.9-1.724, download the ntfs module from

  http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora3.html

and install

  # rpm -ivh kernel-module-ntfs-
        2.6.9-1.724_FC3-2.1.20-0.rr.4.3.i686.rpm

Reinstall the VPN Client

The latest version is 4.6.00.0045-k9.

  # cd /root/vpnclient-4.6
  # ./vpn_install

The compile fails complaining about the inline function supported_device in the file interceptor.c. There is a patch posted at

  http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30438

What this patch does is move the supported_device() function definition to just before the add_netdev() call.

Reinstall the Wireless Driver

The update kernel 2.6.9-1.724 was released with version 0.13 of the ipw2200 wireless driver. Since I am using the current version 0.19, I removed the kernel installation.

  # cd /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.724_FC3/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
  # rm -rf ieee80211 ipw2100 ipw2200

Now the wireless driver can be reinstalled.

  # cd /root/ipw2200-0.19
  # make install

Remove an Old Kernel

Remove kernel 2.6.9-1.667 leaving kernels 2.6.9-1.681 and 2.6.9-1.724.

  # yum remove kernel-2.6.9-1.667_FC3