rcSuSfFirewall2

[poco]

hi
i have upgraded to kernel 2.6.21.5 on opensuse, however there seems to be something wrong with the firewall. When i start the firewall :

rcSuSEfirewall2 start

it outputs the following error:

Starting Firewall Initialization (phase 2 of 2) SuSEfirewall2: Warning: ip6tables does not support state matching. Extended IPv6 support disabled.
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
FATAL: Module ip_conntrack not found.
SuSEfirewall2: Warning: FW_ALLOW_INCOMING_HIGHPORTS_TCP is deprecated and will likely be removed in the future.
SuSEfirewall2: Warning: If you think it should be kept please report your use case at
SuSEfirewall2: Warning: http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?susefirewall2
SuSEfirewall2: Warning: FW_ALLOW_INCOMING_HIGHPORTS_UDP is deprecated and will likely be removed in the future.
SuSEfirewall2: Warning: If you think it should be kept please report your use case at
SuSEfirewall2: Warning: http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?susefirewall2
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables-batch v1.3.5: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
SuSEfirewall2: Error: iptables-batch failed, re-running using iptables
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.3.5: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.3.5: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
iptables: Unknown error 4294967295
..done

and i can't search the web after the firewall started. Has anyone come across this problem before?

[gogalthorp]

How did you upgrade? Through Yast or smart???

[poco]

How did you upgrade? Through Yast or smart???

i downloaded, compiled and installed the kernel from The Linux Kernel Archives
Everything seems to be working fine so far except for the firewall.
By the way i am quite new to linux and like to know how to upgrade
kernel through YAST but can't find good sources of information to do that.

[gogalthorp]

Type kernel in to the search box in
Yast-Software-Software Management

Upgrading a kernel outside the distro is a hit and miss situation. You really need to know what you are doing. Is there a reason for this?

[poco]

Type kernel in to the search box in
Yast-Software-Software Management

The search box only gives me the kernel source for the distro, how do i get a more current kernel?

Upgrading a kernel outside the distro is a hit and miss situation. You really need to know what you are doing. Is there a reason for this?

i couldn't get the built-in sound card on my motherboard to work using the kernel supplied by the distro (opensuse 10.1) until i upgraded it.

[gogalthorp]

Odd maybe you don't have the right repository.

I use smart to update now and it does list the kernels

ftp ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/

2.6.16.27-0.9 seems to be the latest available from suse

The trouble is since you have moved past the current Suse supported kernel there won't be a Suse supported firewall (in this case) package that works with it. The only solution I know other then droping back to the older kernel is to install a new version of the firewall or some other firewall. This of course moves you further from the Suse base.

[poco]

Odd maybe you don't have the right repository.

I use smart to update now and it does list the kernels

ftp ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/

i have installed smart and tried to include the channel information (ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/) but it showed error,
did i miss out something? I would like to know the correct way of including
the channel information.

[gogalthorp]

Did you run update?

SMART Package Manager - SUSE Wiki

[poco]

Did you run update?

SMART Package Manager - SUSE Wiki

I have re-installed the distro and it is working fine now, i will do an upgrade of the kernel through yast and hopefully the built-in sound card works, thanks gogalthorp for the pointers you've offered me