On Thursday 2010-04-22 12:58, Elison Niven wrote: > >I am trying to install iptables on ARM platform running linux kernel >2.6.30. I have enabled all the netfilter modules as enabled in the >kernel. > >When statically building iptables-1.4.7, I get the following error: ># iptables >getsockopt failed strangely iptables without a command should display "no command specified", not getsockopt failed. What commands did you use for static compilation? >When I build it dynamically, I am able to run iptables: ># iptables -h >(displays help) >However, When I try to apply any rules, It says: ># iptables -F >Can't initialize table filter. >Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be updated. > >This is strange because I have enabled all the netfilter options in my kernel. I have a vague idea it could be ARM's alignments.. >I also tried using iptables-1.4.4 and iptables-1.3.8 but am not able >to run iptables. > >Searching a little more, It seems to be the bug reported here : > >https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bugme-new/2009-April/021618.html This report mentions that versions before 2.6.30-rc1 (e.g. 2.6.29) were fine. Is that also the case for you? >However this patch that claims to solve this is already applied in my >kernel and I still get the same error: > >http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=123924457316022&w=2 Does it happen when iptable_filter.ko is loaded already before iptables is executed? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
