my kernel is 2.4.20-gentoo-r8, I don't know where is this option is 2.6, but the mesage from ping without with option was: WARNING: failed to install socket filter.
On 16:35 Wed 19 Nov , Jason Stubbs wrote: > On Wednesday 19 November 2003 16:02, Selentek 24331-03 wrote: > > On 16:07 Wed 19 Nov , Jason Stubbs wrote: > > > On Wednesday 19 November 2003 14:24, Thomas Smith wrote: > > > > I've had Gentoo setup and running on a test server for about a month > > > > now and didn't notice any of these errors until I configured Nagios--it > > > > immediately started reporting WARNINGs regarding this error.. I've > > > > googled for this problem and every body seems to agree that it's an > > > > issue with the Kernel but no one has offered a solution. The error I > > > > get is: > > > > > > > > WARNING: failed to install socket filter > > > > > > > > : Protocol not available > > > > > > > > This error occurs when PINGing /any/ host. It doesn't happen with every > > > > ping--that is, it occurs after every few responses. It doesn't seem to > > > > be causing any other functionality problems. > > > > > > I've set up a little Gentoo server at work that I believe experiences > > > exactly the same thing. I'll confirm tomorrow, but for the time being > > > I'll list some details of how it's configured network-wise. > > > > > > * one interface with multiple IPs > > > * IP fowarding enabled > > > * TCP packets with destination of port 80 redirected to localhost > > > * connection tracking for everything the kernel supports > > > * traffic shaping for both incoming and outgoing traffic > > > > > > That's all that I can remember at the moment. If you could supply the > > > same thing, we can use the similarities to hopefully track the source of > > > the problem down. > > > > Rebuild kernel with: > > > > CONFIG_FILTER=y > > > > It's used for attack filter to any socket, used by the program. > > What is the name of that kernel option? I'm running 2.6 and don't have that > defined in my .config file and cannot find it in any of the Kconfig files. > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
