Perhaps try these modules as well?

gentoo sbin # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
xt_tcpudp               7936  1
iptable_nat            10756  1
ip_nat                 21292  1 iptable_nat
ip_conntrack           51332  2 iptable_nat,ip_nat
iptable_filter          7296  0
ip_tables              22760  2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables               18568  3 xt_tcpudp,iptable_nat,ip_tables

Tim

On 11/8/06, Arnau Bria <arnau@emergetux.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've done a kernel upgrade, from 2.6.16 to 17-r8 and my iptables stop
> working.
>
> I get this error:
>
> # iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.noviembre
> getsockopt failed strangely: No such file or directory
>
> I have those modules loaded:
>
> # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> iptable_filter          3968  0
> ip_tables              14436  1 iptable_filter
> x_tables               14980  1 ip_tables
>
> is there anything missing? It worked fine with old kernel...
>
> cheers!
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