vpnc does not work on Modaco cupcake about get-a-robot-vpnc HOT 17 OPEN

Update 15.12.2009:
vpnc works now, but it still says "Failed to connect".

How do you mean, it works but says failed to connect? Would you look at / 
attach the
following file from your phone after reproducing the error:

/data/data/org.codeandroid.vpnc_frontend/files/lastConnection.log

Ok!

Ok, sometimes it works, sometimes not but it says every time "Connection 
failed".

lastConnection.log:
------ Start file ------ 
/data/data/org.codeandroid.vpnc_frontend/files/vpnc --script /data/data/org.code
android.vpnc_frontend/files/vpnc-script --no-detach
Enter IPSec gateway address:
129.27.200.1
Enter IPSec ID for 129.27.200.1:
default
Enter IPSec secret for [email protected]:
default
Enter username for 129.27.200.1:
neuholdb
Enter password for [email protected]:
********



process stderr

process had died, return as failed connection
------ End File ------ 

I can confirm this on another hero rom, the log file is the same but the 
connection
is established every time with the connection failed message so in order to
disconnect I have to close the wifi/data connection.

I can also confirm this on a hero rom eViL (nano SenSe v2.0.1 with BusyBox 
v1.15.0).

I found that the grep-regex in Util.java: "ps | grep 'vpnc$' | cut -c 10-14" 
doesn't
catch the vpnc process and so the gui assumes that vpnc has failed.

A better way might be to create a pid file for example in /dev and read it.

Android log:
----------------
D/VPN_Connections(10583): done interacting with vpnc
D/VPN_Connections(10583): process stderr:
D/VPN_Connections(10583):
D/VPN_Connections(10583): Attempt to read vpnc process id did not return 
anything
D/VPN_Connections(10583): process had died, return as failed connection
----------------

Same here on liquid.

Same for me on Modaco Hero. I  believe the grep regex should just need changing 
to 
"/system/xbin/pidof vpnc" which I've done so now I'm just tryign to get my head 
around 
what needs doing to rebuild that into an APK as I haven't done any Android dev 
/ build 
work before.

Right I've built it and it is now working for me, feel free to give the 
attached a try 
:-)

It works great, thanks for this patched version.

Excellent - glad its of use to someone else :-)

Here's a tiny patch which uses pidof if it exists and otherwise uses the old 
grep
command.  That way there shouldn't be any backward compatibility issues or other
worries that might stop the maintainers from including it.

Hey crpalmer,

I have the pidof.patch and reviewed it.  How do I implement this?  Do I have to 
take 
apart the apk and patch it?

thanks, prscott1

Adam, 

what did you change in your debug version?  

I have similar issues depending on which busybox build is installed on my ROM 
of the 
day.  I connect, but it shows disconnect.  this is okay, except I can't 
disconnect 
easily (must reboot to reset the default route).  I wrote a little script that 
mimics the vpnc-script to delete the tun interface, etc. but not always clean.

prscott1,

My patch is against the source repository.  You would need to download the 
source and
apply the patch and then build the source.

Connection works for me too as mentioned by benedikt.neuhold with status 
"Failed to
connect" and logcat shows the same error messages as Comment 3.

Also noticed that closing and reopening VPN Connections shows the last connected
status as "Jan 1 1970 05:30" and 'm in IST.

Hi,
I have the same issue as described in comment 3 with my HTC Hero, running 
VillainROM
6.2 and vpnc v98. I tried the debug version provided in comment 8 with no 
success. 

Same issue here, Acer Liquid E, a little bit more in deep:

./vpnc --script vpnc-script --no-detach
Enter IPSec gateway address: <ip>
<ip>
Enter IPSec ID for <ip>: <id>
<id>
Enter IPSec secret for <group>@<ip>: <secret>

Enter username for <ip>: <user>
<user>
Enter password for <user>@<ip>m: <passwd>

vpnc-script: not found
can't initialise tunnel interface: Device or resource busy