"IPchains" failed to load

[LeBurr]

Hi-
I am a "Newbie" so please be patient.
I have Red Hat 7.2 /Windows ME installed in a dual boot setup on a Compaq Presario laptop I have reinstalled it three times due to problems. I have had to tweak it numerous ways just to get it to load. Such as putting in "nousb" in Grub and managing to get in "Interactive mode" to get in and turn off "kudzu" which seems to hang the loading.
I had managed to get it right and even downloaded "Mozilla 1.2.1" and installed it although I now have two icons on the panal.
My huge problem now is: It will not load because of "IPchains failure". I do not know what caused this to happen, but how do i fix it? Are there any command/parameters I can input to Grub to turn off "IPchains"? Please help!!.Point me in the right direction. I really want to make this work. Thanks.

[mdwatts]

I not sure what the problem could be. Perhaps you need to configure IPchains (firewall) or disable the ip_chains module from loading.

The newer distros (kernel) have replaced ipchains with iptables so I can't really check to see what modules are involved for ipchains.

First check to see what modules are loading.

lsmod (list loaded modules)

See if you can see anything related to ipchains.

You could try Mozilla's documentation/faq's/support site to see if they have anything on that error message.

These G4L search results for 'ipchains' (http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=IPchains+failure&btnG=Google+Search) may also help.

[LeBurr]

MDWatts-
Thank you for your reply. I tried to boot my Linux again and it is "IPTables" that hs the error. I get some kind of message from "Rusty Russell" about "IPrestore". The problem is I cannot get to a prompt to try anything. The only way I can input anything is thru the "Grub" command line. If I cannot find a way to stop "IPTables from loading at the start I guess it will be another linux reinstall. I have been searching but have not found any commands to stop IPTables module from loading. Has anyone got a fix for this?
Thanks

[mdwatts]

Can you boot using the bootdisk you created during the installation or your install cd in rescue mode?

You then could disable iptables following the direction outlined in this document (http://www.cse.fau.edu/~valankar/documents/documents/linux_sec_7.3/).

[mdwatts]

You can also try the following and select either runlevel '3' or '1' and you should be able to boot.


The following instructions explain how to boot to different runlevels using grub:

1. Boot up to the grub menu screen.

2. Highlight the linux os that you would like to boot and press the letter e to edit the entry.

3. Highlight the second line on this next screen and press e to edit it.

4. Cursor over all the way to the end of the line and press the spacebar and enter the runlevel to boot into:

a. 1 = single user mode

b. 2 = Multiuser mode

c. 3 = Full Multiuser mode

d. 5 = X11

5. After you have entered the runlevel desired, press the enter key and then the letter b to boot the linux os.

[LeBurr]

MDWatts-
Thank you for your help. I was getting too frustrated at my inability to solve my problem so I reinstalled Linux. It now works again after I changed a few things.
I added "nousb" to the boot line in "Grub" I disabled "Kudzu" with "chkconfig" and all seems to be well again. I am very glad you referred me to the document on "Installation Policy" it explains alot. Even tho it is written for servers it is helpful. Where is it located? I would like to print it out from my desktop. BTW I managed to get to a prompt but it seemed to be a strange one it said "init: and when I tried "chkconfig" it said "Command not found" Since I couldn't get anywhere from there I typed "exit" and my machine hung. I hope I can learn enough to not have to resort to reinstall everytime I have a problem.
I did learn about "ntsysv" and "chkconfig" and also "Services Configuration Tool" so it is getting better. Thank you for help and I will probobly be here again with more questions.
LeBurr