'cutter' utility doesn't work anymore because it depends on kernel module 'ip_conntrack' which is obsolete
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cutter (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Ralph Janke |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: cutter
It appears, that cutter has some unresolved dependencies, that apt does *not* know about.
Using cutter after a normal installation leads to the following error message. Though I don't fully understand its meaning, I'm quite sure it is a compatibility problem worth fixing.
Console output of cutter:
$ cutter
usage: cutter ip [ port [ ip [ port ] ] ]
$ sudo cutter 172.16.3.104
openning /proc/net/
Best regards,
Frederik Braun
P.S.: It is stated in the man page, that cutter has been developed for and tested on ipcop and red hat linux - the author should be informed if we manage to get it working on ubuntu.
P.P.S.: Report based on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron) and cutter 1.03
WORKAROUND: For Ubuntu versions up to the year 2010 with kernel versions below 3.5.x, this problem can be circumvented by either manually loading the kernel module "ip_conntrack" either with "sudo modprobe ip_conntrack" or by adding a line "ip_conntrack" to the /etc/modules file and reboot.
Changed in cutter (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- conntrack error prevents cutter from working + Kernel module ip_conntrack needed by cutter, but not loaded + automatically |
Changed in cutter (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Kernel module ip_conntrack needed by cutter, but module is not - autoloaded in old kernels and is obsolete in >=3.5.x kernels + 'cutter' utility doesn't work anymore because it depends on kernel + module 'ip_conntrack' which is obsolete |
description: | updated |
I can confirm this problem. It occurs when the module ip_conntrack is not loaded into the kernel. "sudo modprobe ip_conntrack" does this. IN order to load this module at every boot time you can inlcude a line "ip_conntrack" into the file /etc/modules.