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Bug 622 - can’t initialize iptables table `filter’:
Summary: can’t initialize iptables table `filter’:
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: iptables
Classification: Unclassified
Component: iptables (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: arm other
: P3 blocker
Assignee: Patrick McHardy
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Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-11-26 14:51 CET by fraunix
Modified: 2009-11-26 16:42 CET (History)
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Description fraunix 2009-11-26 14:51:42 CET 
iptables v1.4.4: can’t initialize iptables table `filter’: Invalid argument
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

kernel linux-2.6.31.4
Comment 1 Patrick McHardy 2009-11-26 14:55:32 CET 
More details please:

- the command you executed
- a strace of that command
- lsmod output afterwards
- result of manual "modprobe iptable_filter"
Comment 2 fraunix 2009-11-26 15:07:10 CET 
command executed 
iptables -F

lsmod output 
iptable_filter 2528 0 - Live 0xbf008000
iptable 11344 1 iptablefilter, live 0xbf000000

modprobe iptable_filter command reports no error messages

i've not strace utility installed on my distribution (from scratch linux/arm distribution)
 
(In reply to comment #1)
> More details please:
> 
> - the command you executed
> - a strace of that command
> - lsmod output afterwards
> - result of manual "modprobe iptable_filter"
>
Comment 3 Patrick McHardy 2009-11-26 15:09:39 CET 
(In reply to comment #2)
> command executed 
> iptables -F
> 
> lsmod output 
> iptable_filter 2528 0 - Live 0xbf008000
> iptable 11344 1 iptablefilter, live 0xbf000000
> 
> modprobe iptable_filter command reports no error messages
> 
> i've not strace utility installed on my distribution (from scratch linux/arm
> distribution)

On ARM these errors are usually caused by an ABI mismatch between userspace and kernel.
Comment 4 Patrick McHardy 2009-11-26 16:42:36 CET 
Please reopen in case problem is not related to ABI problems.