Yes I have run the following makes before the vpn_install: su - cd /usr/src/linux make mrproper make cloneconfig make prepare-all Also, when I run the vpn_install for the second time I only see the following messages: ******* Directory containing linux kernel source code [/lib/modules/2.6.15-git12-6-default/build]/usr/src/linux * Binaries will be installed in "/usr/local/bin". * Modules will be installed in "/lib/modules/2.6.15-git12-6-default/CiscoVPN". * The VPN service will be started AUTOMATICALLY at boot time. * Kernel source from "/usr/src/linux" will be used to build the module. Is the above correct [y]y Making module make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/home/VPN/vpnclient modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-git12-6' WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.15-git12-6/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST /bin/sh: scripts/mod/modpost: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 127 make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-git12-6' make: *** [default] Error 2 Failed to make module "cisco_ipsec.ko". linux:/home/VPN/vpnclient # ******* If I remove the vpnclient directory and re-extract the vpn client files and apply the patch I receive the completed messages as the last section on the previous email.