Bug#369472: iptables modules

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Paul Malinowski <pmalinowskieu@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Package: kernel-image
>
> Version: 2.6.8-12-em64t-p4-smp
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>  
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> serwer:/var/log# uname -a
> Linux serwer.interdar.pl 2.6.8-12-em64t-p4-smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 9 08:38:33 UTC
> 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 stable, updated
>
>  
>
> Problem:
>
> serwer:/var/log# iptables -L
> iptables v1.2.11: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Module is wrong
> version
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

For a 64bit kernel you need a 64bit iptables. The structures used to
communicate with the kernel have different padding in 32bit and 64bit
mode resulting in iptables to fail.

Download the iptables from amd64 and install it manualy or with
--force-architecture and also install amd64-libs.

MfG
        Goswin