2.4.20-8 and 2.6.0

i have a redhat 9 linux box and 2 kernels 2.4.20 and 2.6.0
when i boot through 2.4.20 and I run
rpm -qa | grep <package-name> I get the following message:
rpmdb: unable to join the environment
error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily unavailable (11)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
I tried deleting /var/lib/rpm/_* and did a rpm --rebuilddb but it did not work.
When I boot through 2.6.0 and run iptables -L -v -n
it tells me iptables cannot identify the table "filter"..maybe you need to run insmod or I might need to upgrade my kernel or iptables version
my iptables is 1.2.7
Any ideas as to why I get the above 2 error messages?

Thanks,
Nik

the above 2 errors occur for kernel 2.6.0 only....
2.4.20-8 works jus fine....
can anyone pls tell me wats going on?

thanks
Nik

Ah yes, that's true. RH9 ships with a version of RPM that becomes buggy when used with 2.6, due to some changed syscall semantics or something, I believe. Boot to 2.4 and install the upgrade from rpm.org.

As for iptables, does it work if you run "modprobe iptable_filter" first?

modprobe iptable_filter gives me the following:

modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented
modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented
modprobe: Can't locate module iptable_filter

any idea wats going on?

thanks a lot for the help

Nik

That's the message you'll get if you're using modutils with 2.6 instead of module-init-tools, since the module loading interface has been changed.

I installed module-init-tools and did a
modprobe iptable_filter
to install iptables but i get the message
FATAL: Module iptable_filter not found.
I did a grep on netfilter in /lib/modules/2.6.0/modules.dep and found no entry there.
Am i correct in assuming that iptable is not compiled as a module?

try recompiling ur kernel now u have module-init-tools isntalled