Nortel VPN on Ubuntu edgy

download evaluation version of apani vpn client for nortel.
(limitation of evaluation version : connection time is limited)

http://www.apani.com/vpn-clients/nortel-overview

unzip and untar.
or install src.rpm

make sure that linux kernel source in /usr/src/linux and gcc above 3.3.

change path to /temp/apani/src

make

compile was failed with numerous error messages.

so refer
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=110843

change the ./src/linux_wrapper.c

Compile was OK.

check the netlock script available.

all installation process was good.

but for the login, all failed with errors.


ck$ cat /etc/netlock/agentlog.txt | more
2006-12-10 22:36:29 (16,11ba0005):**********************************
2006-12-10 22:36:30 (16,11ba0005):Starting Netlock Contivity Client V3.3 018D.20
050713.1000
2006-12-10 22:36:30 (16,11ba0005):OS: Linux Version: 2.6.17-10-generic (i686)

2006-12-10 22:36:30 (16,11ba0005):**********************************
2006-12-10 22:36:30 (16,124b0001):Console auditing changes: *TRACE Messages Enab
led*
2006-12-10 22:36:30 (16,124b0003):File auditing changes: *SECURITY Messages Enab
led* *PROTOCOL Messages Enabled* *SYSTEM Messages Enabled*
2006-12-10 22:41:32 (16,12e80008):<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1303/1418/1600/448312/login.jpg">This is login screen.














This is successful login.











and time linitation for evaluation version.















Due to its 5 miniutes time limit, run the script at start of system.

in script, just add one command.

watch -n 300 cvc -c vpn:user:password &



But, My companys groupware was not ran on linux-firefox. It's script was based on IE.

nvidia driver 1.0.9631 released !

My toshiba 5100 notebook has EDID problem when it was used with nvidia driver.
certain dirty workaround tip must be applied.

Even though it goes, it runs fine for 8776 driver with its twinview and GLX support features.

But the most fascinating feature among linuxer is eye-candy desktop - compiz or beryl. due to lack of GL command set in nvidia driver, using XGL is the only way to use those for nvidia users but it's too buggy and slow.

from the release of nvidia beta driver 9625, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap can be support in native nvidia driver level.

But in my toshiba 5100 laptop, all affort for using this turns to be failed.

from 9625 to 9629 (finally released as official version!), using those driver always cause the system hang while X was loading.

At last, 9631 version driver was released in 1 december 2006.

all nauty issues within nvidiia driver and toshiba laptop was resolved.