net-misc/vpnc-0.5.3_p550:0 # grep 'vpnc[[]' /var/log/messages Jan 25 03:19:25 zver vpnc[5153]: select: Interrupted system call Jan 25 03:19:25 zver vpnc[5153]: terminated by signal: 15 Jan 25 19:19:53 zver vpnc[5141]: connection terminated by dead peer detection Jan 26 11:48:48 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[29041]: status: crashed Jan 27 00:18:55 zver vpnc[29236]: select: Interrupted system call Jan 27 00:18:55 zver vpnc[29236]: terminated by signal: 15 Jan 27 02:52:54 zver vpnc[5356]: connection terminated by dead peer detection Jan 27 17:41:03 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[4996]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/vpnc' Jan 27 17:41:03 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[4975]: ERROR: vpnc failed to start Jan 27 21:14:22 zver vpnc[5154]: connection terminated by dead peer detection Jan 29 09:14:27 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[5277]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/vpnc' Jan 29 09:14:27 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[5256]: ERROR: vpnc failed to start Jan 29 17:39:32 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[6735]: WARNING: vpnc has already been started Jan 29 17:47:55 zver vpnc[5208]: select: Interrupted system call Jan 29 17:47:55 zver vpnc[5208]: terminated by signal: 15 Jan 29 21:05:02 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[12258]: status: crashed Jan 29 21:05:04 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[12279]: start-stop-daemon: no matching processes found Feb 1 13:30:46 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[5260]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/vpnc' Feb 1 13:30:46 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[5239]: ERROR: vpnc failed to start Feb 1 15:00:33 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[9314]: status: crashed Feb 1 15:00:36 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[9336]: start-stop-daemon: no matching processes found Feb 1 16:19:17 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[12032]: status: crashed Feb 1 16:19:19 zver /etc/init.d/vpnc[12053]: start-stop-daemon: no matching processes found Feb 1 16:20:03 zver vpnc[12223]: select: Interrupted system call Feb 1 16:20:03 zver vpnc[12223]: terminated by signal: 15 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I connect to corporate Cisco VPN. Actual Results: Frequently I find the VPN service in crashed state. Please explain how can I increase verbosity of the service to provide you with good info.
Did you talk to upstream about that issue?
(In reply to Patrice Clement from comment #1) > Did you talk to upstream about that issue? Not yet. Have just emailed to vpnc-devel@unix-ag.uni-kl.de
Using net-misc/openconnect since then, works stable.