[sclug] Fedora Core 2-Modules loading problem + Unsuppoted Chipset

[Navneet Choudhary]

On 5/4/05, Alex Butcher <lug at assursys.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 May 2005, Navneet Choudhary wrote:
> 
> > On 5/2/05, Alex Butcher <lug at assursys.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Does FC2 not have /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config like FC3?
> >>
> >> I skipped FC2, so I don't know whether it's there, but if it is, using this
> >> is a far cleaner way of loading the netfilter helper modules.
> >
> > Still can't able to load modules using /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config
> >
> > all modules are present (ip_nat_ftp,ip_conntrack_ftp)
> >
> > slocate cache database being updated (using updatedb)
> >
> > [root at matrix root]# uname -a
> > Linux matrix 2.6.10-1.771_FC2smp #1 SMP Mon Mar 28 01:10:51 EST 2005
> > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> >
> > # Load additional iptables modules (nat helpers)
> > #   Default: -none-
> > # Space separated list of nat helpers (e.g. 'ip_nat_ftp ip_nat_irc'), which
> > # are loaded after the firewall rules are applied. Options for the helpers are
> > # stored in /etc/modules.conf.
> > #IPTABLES_MODULES="ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_ftp"
> 
> That's because you've left that line commented out.
> 
> The config files under /etc/sysconfig on RH and FC aren't anything magic;
> they're just shell scripts (that get read using . aka 'source' - see
> bash(1)) defining a bunch of shell environment variables.

oh! what a stupid mistake..

Thanks again for being so helpfully (after getting repeated stupid
mails from my side).

I will definetly not going disturb you for this kinds of mistakes.

navneet

> > navneet
> 
> Best Regards,
> Alex. (P.S. ObSelectiveQuotingRant)
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