From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: iptables -> can't initialize iptables table `filter': Bad file descriptor Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:07:51 +0100 Message-ID: <4753B957.2000207@trash.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org To: Salatiel Filho Return-path: Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:57720 "EHLO stinky.trash.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752967AbXLCIID (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 03:08:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Salatiel Filho wrote: > HI guys , i don`t know if this is the right list , but i could not > find help anywhere else. > I am having a very strange problem with my machine , i can not use > iptables at all. > I have the modules compiled and loaded but i always get : > > # iptables -L > iptables v1.3.6: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Bad file descriptor > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. > > > My machine is a ARM machine with debian 4.0. > I also have already tried 1.3.8 and got the same error. Which kernel version (please also send .config)? Did you compile iptables yourself or used a version from Debian?