[gentoo-user] Latest update; problems with ppp and iptables

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

  I apologize for the ppp repost.  In addition to my Gentoo problems,
an unco-ordinated MX change resulted in me not getting 36 hours worth of
mail, so I've probably missed any replies to that.

  OK, so I waited a while between kernel upgrades *AND* there was a
layout upgrade in the meantime.  Let's just say that "make oldconfig"
did *NOT* work very well.  I got kernel panic, and it wouldn't boot.  I
hauled out the install CD, booted, chrooted, re-emerged kernel 2.6.16-r7
(yeah. I know, still "behind the times"), and manually entered all the
stuff in "make menuconfig", and rebuilt the kernel.  On bootup it
complained about /etc/conf.d/net and pointed me to a new example file.
I changed a couple of entries to...

config_eth0="192.168.123.252 broadcast 192.168.123.255 netmask 255.255.255.248 mtu 1454"
routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.123.254")

...and rebooted.  One less complaint.

  I still have 2 problems.  During bootup, I get...
====================================================
 * Loading iptables state and starting firewall ...
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables-restore v1.3.5: iptables-restore: unable to initializetable 'raw'

Error occurred at line: 2
Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more informat  [ !! ]
====================================================

  There seem to be a lot more entries for iptables, netfilter, and
xtables (huh???) than I remember.  I obviously missed something
somewhere.  Any idea from the error message which "make menuconfig" item
it was?  Even though I'm behind a NATting ADSL router-modem, I'm taking
down eth0, except when up/down loading email and news.


  Secondly, whilst trying to emerge/update ppp, I get
=====================================================
>>> checking ppp-2.4.3-patches-20060707.tar.gz ;-)
 * Gentoo is moving toward common configuration file for all network
 * interfaces. Thus starting from >=ppp-2.4.3-r10 the following files
 * are obsoleted and should be removed to avoid future confusion:
 *     /etc/conf.d/net.ppp0 - conflict with baselayout
 *     /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 - conflict with baselayout
 *     /etc/ppp/chat-default - unused by this version
 *     /etc/ppp/options-pppoe - unused by this version
 *     /etc/ppp/options-pptp - unused by this version

 * If you use the old net.ppp0 script, you need to:
 *    - upgrade to >=sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre11
 *    - set ppp0 parameters in /etc/conf.d/net (see example file)
 *    - remove conflicting files
 *    - upgrade net-dialup/ppp

 * If you never used net.ppp0 script, just run the following commands:
 *     rm //etc/conf.d/net.ppp0 //etc/init.d/net.ppp0 //etc/ppp/chat-default //etc/ppp/options-pppoe //etc/ppp/options-pptp
 *     emerge --resume

!!! ERROR: net-dialup/ppp-2.4.3-r16 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1555:   Called dyn_setup
  ebuild.sh, line 668:   Called pkg_setup
  ppp-2.4.3-r16.ebuild, line 75:   Called die

!!! Conflicts with baselayout support detected
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
====================================================

  I'm on baselayout-1.12.4-r7, and I invoke ppp for dialup with
pon/poff.  I use pppconfig for setup.  Is it safe for me to delete the
files?

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
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