Hi, I'm answering my own post, since the solution may help someone else. I discovered that iptables refuses to run when ipchains is also active. Disableing ipchains solved the problem. The error messages from iptables were really not helpful. :-( And I didn't find any mention of this in the documentation (although I may have missed it).
BTW - thanks to Tzafrir who tried to help (off the list). On 10-Dec-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed MDK 9.0 and I'm having a problem with iptables. Here's what > I get when I run iptables -L: > > [root@shlomo1 root]# iptables -L > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o.gz: > init_module: Device or resource busy > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters. > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg > modprobe: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o.gz failed > modprobe: insmod ip_tables failed > iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? (do > you need to insmod?) > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. > [root@shlomo1 root]# > > > The iptables package is installed and I chose it to be an active service at > startup. > > I looked in dmesg and syslog as the error message suggests but didn't find > anything helpful. Iptables and the kernel are **out of the box** so this > couldn't be the problem. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > > //------------------------- > Shlomo Solomon > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://come.to/shlomo.solomon > Date: 11-Dec-2002 Time: 00:00:04 > > Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 8.1 machine > //------------------------- > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] //------------------------- Shlomo Solomon E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://come.to/shlomo.solomon Date: 12-Dec-2002 Time: 16:52:15 Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 8.1 machine //------------------------- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
