On 18 Nov 2002, 16:10:25, Hubert Chan wrote: > Doug> In the 2.4.16-SMP prepackaged kernel I'm using, CONFIG_UNIX=3Dm > Doug> is what's set in the config-2.4.16-SMP file . . . I don't know > Doug> what the m means . . . > > The m means that it's compiled as a loadable module i.e. you can > dynamically load/unload it using modprobe (or insmod if you know what > you're doing) and rmmod. The options you want to be looking for, > though, are CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER.
Thanks for correcting me!! > OK, I grabbed the 2.4.19-smp package (I assume 2.4.16 would be similarly > configured), and looked at the config file. So CONFIG_FILTER is turned > on, but CONFIG_PACKET is a module. The kernel docs tell me that if > CONFIG_PACKET is a module, the module name is af_packet. So try running > "modprobe af_packet", and see if that helps. I figured the =m was for a module . . . > If you want to have it loaded every time you boot up, add a line to the > end of /etc/modules that just says "af_packet". You could instead try > adding a line "alias net-pf-17 af_packet" (at least that's what the > kernel docs say) to /etc/modutils/aliases and running update-modules. > That would be the cleaner approach, but I'm not 100% sure if that will > load the module when dhclient attempts to use it. Is that the "Debian" way? Or should I run modconf and select it to be loaded at boot time? Hubert, thank you very much for all your time on this . . . madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
