mangle error using Shorewall v 1.4.5 on kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4-sun4u
Ive installed Shorewall on my Ultra1 running Woody (2.4.18-bf2.4-sun4u). Im getting the following error message when I try to start Shorewall: can't initialize iptables table `mangle': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be updated. (The version of iptables is the latest for Woody; i.e. 1.2.6a-5) Is iptables built into this kernel or do I need to insmod or is there another issue underlying this error message? Thanks, John
RE: mangle error using Shorewall v 1.4.5 on kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4-sun4u
John, I have been working on this same problemall night. I have just found out what the problem is. The disk images, I downloaded and used just two days ago, are Debian. But it turns out that this new disk image does not have a 2.4 kernel. Instead it has a 2.2 kernel which does not support iptables. This was very disappointing to me. I have spent a whole night working on settingup a system with the newest version of the OS just to find out it is not the newest version of the OS. Not only does it makeour industry, as a whole, look unprofessional, but it makes each of us working in this industry lose credibility. How does this set apart the systems that we are trying to build in Linux from other OSes? I now have to download the update image and see how this will install what I hope is a new kernel. Otherwise I am going to have to find out which kernel I need and do an apt-get on that exact kernel and install it my self. In short I think it was stupid that the new CD images did not install the newest kernel. I would hope that in the future these PR issues would be looked at. If Linux is going to move to the next level, it is going to have to find a way to show medium and smaller businesses how there is a great return on the investment of Linux. What has just happen to me, and most likely you, does not help prove the lower cost of Linux. David Demland -Original Message-From: John Hedge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:26 PMTo: debian-sparc@lists.debian.orgSubject: mangle error using Shorewall v 1.4.5 on kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4-sun4u Ive installed Shorewall on my Ultra1 running Woody (2.4.18-bf2.4-sun4u). Im getting the following error message when I try to start Shorewall: can't initialize iptables table `mangle': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be updated. (The version of iptables is the latest for Woody; i.e. 1.2.6a-5) Is iptables built into this kernel or do I need to insmod or is there another issue underlying this error message? Thanks, John
Re: mangle error using Shorewall v 1.4.5 on kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4-sun4u
Huh? I'm guessing you installed the latest stable version (though it's hard to know, since you never mention what version gave you trouble). It says right near the top of the release notes: At install time, the kernel used is 2.2.20, however a 2.4 kernel, the latest stable branch is included for those who wish to benefit from it. If you were expecting it to install with a 2.4 kernel, that's got nothing to do with Debian looking unprofessional, losing credibility, or being stupid, and everything to do with your not paying attention to what you were getting before you installed it, and assuming it was something it isn't. If you were expecting the latest and greatest... well, Debian stable isn't it, and never will be -- check out the testing or unstable branches, but don't flame the Debian maintainers when you didn't even take the time to glance at the release notes. David Demland wrote: Not only does it make our industry, as a whole, look unprofessional, but it makes each of us working in this industry lose credibility. In short I think it was stupid that the new CD images did not install the newest kernel. I would hope that in the future these PR issues would be looked at. This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) listed above as the intended recipient(s), and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not read, copy, or distribute this message or any attachment. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and then delete all copies of this message and any attachments. In addition you should be aware that ordinary (unencrypted) e-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Do not send confidential or sensitive information, such as social security numbers, account numbers, personal identification numbers and passwords, to us via ordinary (unencrypted) e-mail.
