>> Dunno.. The crystal ball is a bit cloudy today. Any error messages ? >> oh I 've forgotten: > > linux:/usr/local/lib/iptables # iptables -m string -h > iptables: match `string' v1.3.3 (I'm v1.3.5) So your iptables isn't installed or installed in a different path than the original. >> You have "updated some versions of p-o-m". What do you mean by that >> ? What have you done exactly ? >> >> Have you : >> - untarred the kernel, >> - untarred POM, >> - untarred iptables, > all yes > >> - patched both the kernel and iptables with POM, > yes, but don't add string-match So that's where things go wrong : if it doesn't show up, you couldn't have patched the kernel for it. The string match is in the Extra repository. Did you run POM with "./runme extra" ? http://www.netfilter.org/projects/patch-o-matic/pom-extra.html#pom-extra -string >> - compiled and installed the kernel and modules, > yes, but no string-match modul seen in kernel menuconfig See above. >> - compiled and installed iptables ? > yes I think not completely. What does "iptables -V" say ? (Mine says : "iptables v1.3.5-2006xxxx") Gr, Rob
