Had you try to replace your kernel few days ago i install a new computer and sometimes it give me a kernel panic the kernel version 2.6-15 on debian Etch then i replace it for 2.6.17 and it works just fine. > Hi everybody, > I use NAT since 2003 on a little home LAN. Recently after my old > firewall died I replaced it. From time to time there is a kernel panic. > The message is not always the same (and it is Chinese for me), but it > always ends with "exception in interrupt" and speaks of "common-irq"; > when i can see the beginning it's about iptables-nat, and anyway it > doesn't happen when iptables is stopped. Could there be an issue with > SMP (I have two dual-core Xeons) > Here is my /etc/sysconfig/iptables file: > # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Aug 19 18:12:27 2004 > *nat > :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] > :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 81.57.16.29 > COMMIT > # Completed on Thu Aug 19 18:12:27 2004 > # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Aug 19 18:12:27 2004 > *filter > :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :block - [0:0] > -A INPUT -j block > -A FORWARD -j block > -A block -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i eth0 -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > -A block -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 5901 -j ACCEPT > -A block -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 5801 -j ACCEPT > -A block -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 2009 -j ACCEPT > -A block -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 2106 -j ACCEPT > -A block -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 7777 -j ACCEPT > -A block -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT > -A block -i ! eth0 -j ACCEPT > -A block -j DROP > COMMIT > # Completed on Thu Aug 19 18:12:27 2004 > Can anybody help? > Jacques Rodary (Sorry for my English) > > > > >