Re: [solved] iptables v1.2.3: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Module is wrong version

[Aaron Lehmann]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:45:58PM +0200, Harald Welte wrote:
> a) distributor adds dropped-table (from netfilter patch-o-matic) to kernel
> b) distributor builds iptables against this patched kernel
> c) distributor ships this iptables
> d) user installs new, plain kernel
> e) iptables no longer working because it was built against a patched kernel
> f) user has to recompile iptables.

For me it was the other way around. I added dropped-table (for the IRC
nat patch) and had to recompile iptables as a result.