Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262352AbUK3WTc (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:19:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262354AbUK3WTc (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:19:32 -0500 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:47295 "EHLO mail.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262352AbUK3WTa (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:19:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:29:20 +0100 (CET) From: Jesper Juhl To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] misleading error message In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <001101c4d715$25a59470$af00a8c0@BEBEL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 944 Lines: 26 On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> This may be a BUG REPORT, as I see it, allthough more experienced Linux users > >> might think differently: > >> > >> I compiled built-in support for iptables in my new 2.6.9 kernel, but when my > >> legacy firewall does a "modprobe ip_tables" , I get the startling message: > >> "FATAL: module ip_tables not found" . > > > >In my oppinion the message is perfectly clear. You told modprobe to load a > >module, the file was not found so it is forced to give up - and that's > >exactely what it told you. > > So how would you go about finding out whether something is compiled-in? > Personally I'd just go check my kernels .config -- Jesper Juhl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/