Topic: pptp vpn problem

[pfloor]

I have two PIII-600Mhz server-gateways both booting  CentOS 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL kernel and both have lost the pptp with the same error as reported in this post.

Because you have a newer kernel 2.6.9-42.0.3 you would need to boot use the correct smp or el version, then pptp should work as normal.

That won't work.  p-jones has the 2.6.9-42.0.2 modules and needs to use the corrisponding kernel for pptp to work.

p-jones, it looks like your yum problem may have installed a newer kernel but not the related modules.

What do you get with:

# uname -r

[p-jones]

Alright, so which is the correct kernel version ?

Why is there now a mismatch. I only have SME updates selected (except development options). It is a very standard setup with no addons.

[pfloor]

Alright, so which is the correct kernel version ?

Why is there now a mismatch. I only have SME updates selected (except development options). It is a very standard setup with no addons.

At one time you must have had the smeupdates-testing enabled because the 2.6.9-42.0.3 kernel is from there.

what is the output of:

#uname -r

and

rpm -qa kmod*

[p-jones]

[root@vserv1 ~]# uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
[root@vserv1 ~]# rpm -qa kmod*
[root@vserv1 ~]#

[pfloor]

[root@vserv1 ~]# uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
[root@vserv1 ~]# rpm -qa kmod*
[root@vserv1 ~]#

There is your problem.  You have the 2.6.9-42.0.3 kernel installed and the 2.6.9-42.0.2 modules installed.  This won't work.

Either revert back to the 2.6.9-42.0.2 kernel (reboot and pick the correct kernel on the penguin screen) OR install the 2.6.9-42.0.3 modules.  To install the 2.6.9-42.0.3 modules you can:

# yum install kmod*

The 2.6.9-42.0.3 kernel and modules are NOT in the "standard" repos.  You must have the smeupdates-testing repo enabled.  If this is a production server then you are not advised to use the testing repos, there are some unstable packages in there.

[p-jones]

Thanks Paul. I will give that a go later today and post back for the benefit of others.

Rgds
Peter

[p-jones]

[root@vserv1 ~]# yum install kmod*
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
smeaddons                 100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
smeos                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
smeupdates                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  56 kB    00:01
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdate                                              s/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  54 kB    00:01
smeupdates: ################################################## 90/90
Added 0 new packages, deleted 3 old in 1.30 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: kmod*
Nothing to do
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================

[pfloor]

WARNING: It apears thet you have installed some packages (including your current kernel) from the testing repos.  This is highly discouraged on a production server.

That being said, if you still want to install the corrisponding modules from the testng repo then you need to do the following:

# yum --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing install kmod*
# signal-event post-upgrade
# signal-event reboot

Or just reboot and choose the correct kernel (2.6.9-42.0.2)