>you still need a function /lib/modules/* directory - and that is >what seems to be afoul in your system. I checked that folder and it is empty. Maybe these questions are not related to this list but I will be glad if you help me what to do. Thanks. // Naderan *Mahmood; ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Mahmood Naderan <nt_mahmood@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:42 PM Subject: Re: can't initialize iptables table `filter' On Friday 2011-04-29 13:09, Mahmood Naderan wrote: >>But I talked about the kernel. > >Sorry but I am confused. What is wrong with kernel? Quoting myself from earlier: >>Make sure you kernel is configured with these enabled, and don't forget >>to actually provide the modules, if not already built-in, because it >>does have the looks of a crippled installation, judging from the missing >>modules.dep. >Since the client can boot and I can login to that, I don't think any >thing wrong with kernel. > >Can you exaplain more? Just booting the kernel is only half of the work. In most cases, you still need a function /lib/modules/* directory - and that is what seems to be afoul in your system. -- 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 -- 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