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A couple more options: |
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1) delete the 3c59x module under /lib/modules -- then there will be no |
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module to load. |
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2) You might be able to disable the NIC in the BIOS of the laptop. |
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jbw |
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Dadi wrote: |
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> If you use hotplug, put the module name in /etc/hotplug/blacklist |
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> If not :-), put a rmmod 3c59x in /etc/conf.d/local.start |
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> Hopefully it will unload the module after loading and not before |
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> Regards, |
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> Dadi |
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> |
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> On Sunday 02 May 2004 02:59, Collin Starkweather wrote: |
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>>This is a question about my laptop, but I figure the folks on the server |
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>>list might be more in tune with the issues so please bear with me. |
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>>I recently ran into a problem where my ethernet controller on my laptop |
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>>died a grisly death. It kinda works for a few minutes after booting, |
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>>then triggers a kernel panic. For those who want more detail, see |
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>>today's post at |
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>> http://www.collinstarkweather.com |
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>>Problem is, it's built into the motherboard. If a kernel panic isn't |
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>>triggered immediately on boot, I |
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>> rmmod 3c59x |
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>>which keeps the problem from cropping up and use my 802.11g card for |
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>>networking. This has led me to some interesting questions I haven't |
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>>been able to figure out. |
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>>1) I could recompile my kernel without 3c59x, but is there a way |
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>>instead to simply keep the module from being loaded on boot? |
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>>2) My wireless card is set up as an interface named ath0. But no |
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>>matter what I do, net.eth0 wants to come up on boot. `rc-update show | |
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>>grep eth0` gives |
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>> net.eth0 | |
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>>Doesn't look like I can disable it with rc-update since it's not |
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>>explicitly associated with a runlevel to begin with. Other than |
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>>renaming /etc/init.d/net.eth0, which seems an awful kludge, is there a |
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>>way to keep it from coming up on boot? |
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>>Thanks, |
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>>-Collin |
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>>-- |
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>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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>>Collin Starkweather, Ph.D. collin.starkweather@××××××××××××××××××.com |
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