Re: netfilter unavailable

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, storm66@club-internet.fr wrote:
> I try the last 2.6.21 and I see some problems with the netfilter stuff.
> When the kernel boots the messages are clear : netfilter is here 
> a2000 kernel: [42949402.180000] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
> a2000 kernel: [42949402.400000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (764 buckets,
> 6112 max)
> a2000 kernel: [42949403.510000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core
> Team
> ...
> 
> All (I think) lodules are loaded :
> iptable_mangle          1936  0 
> iptable_raw             1392  0 
> iptable_filter          2000  0 
> iptable_nat             5668  0 
> nf_conntrack_ipv4      12412  1 iptable_nat
> ip_tables               8904  4 iptable_mangle,iptable_raw,
>                                 iptable_filter,iptable_nat
> 
> But all commands through "iptables" are unavailable with a cryptic
> iptables message :
> 
> iptables -vnL
> iptables v1.3.7: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Module is
> wrong version
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
> 
> I do not know what "version" is wrong, I try with the v1.3.6 and the
> V1.3.7 with the same messages.

As Rolf Anders <rolf.anders@physik.uni-augsburg.de> already pointed out on Mon, May 14:

| I think I got the same with a self-compiled 2.6.17 on powerpc. The problem was
| that the module x_tables was missing. Did you set CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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