Re: iptables on amd64 kernel

[Jörg Ebeling <joerg.ebeling@shbe.net>]

Hi Jakub,

I've the same on a server machine since weeks.

I could solve the problem by installing the 'amd64-libs' and a manually 
install of 'iptables_1.2.11-10_amd64.deb' with '--force-architecture'.

Well it works without any further problems (by me). The annoying thing 
is that apt/aptitude always tries to update the iptables package.


Maybe someone else knows a better solution.

Cya
   Joerg


Jakub Nadolny wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just upgraded my hardware to AMD64 and installed kernel-image
> 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8. So all packages remain in i386 version. Everything
> works fine, but iptables does not work:
>
> # iptables -L
> iptables v1.3.1: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Bad file
> descriptor
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
>
> Kernel and iptables upgrade did not help. Can I ask you for help? 
> What should I do to have iptables running with amd64 kernel?
>
> I have installed also iptables_1.3.1-2_amd64.deb (with --force-all), but
> result is the same.
>
> I use Debian testing.
>
> Thank you in advance!
> Jakub
>
>
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