On Thursday 03 October 2002 20:03, Sarkis Gabriel wrote: > Hi all > Well i am new to this list, and i have been trying to fix this problem for > a while but i dont know what is causing this problem in the first place. i > installed RH 7.2 and when i wanted to use iptables it gave me this error : > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: init_module: > Device or resource busy > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod > ip_tables failed > iptables v1.2.5: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? > (do you need to insmod?) > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. > > well it is driving me crazy i didnt do anything it is like that with a > fresh install even on 7.3 > and i upgraded to that version to see if it will fix it but nope no luck.. RH comes with ipchains enabled i.o. iptables; you must disable ipchains in order to load iptables. See last months' list archives for further details. -- Z. ------------------------------------------------------------ "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
