[plug] modprobe??

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Mon, 17 May 1999, Steven O'Reilly wrote:

> Hi everyone
> 
> I've just got my linux system connected to the internet, so I'm pretty pleased
> with myself.
> I have been subscribing to this mailing list for a short while and have got
> useful information, clearly  someone must know what they are doing.
> 
> I have one question, which I hope is simple.
> 
> In the file /var/messages the following appears when connecting to my ISP ;
> 
> May 17 14:50:50 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
> May 17 14:50:50 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
> May 17 14:51:05 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
> May 17 14:51:05 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5

> What does this mean?

net-pf-4 is ipx
net-pf-5 is appletalk

> Is it important?

... Not really unless you need to talk to Netware or Apples ....

> Should I do anything about this? (as there appears to be no obvious effect)

Nup .....
you can add:


alias net-pf-4 off
alias net-pf-5 off

to /etc/conf.modules and the messages should go away ....

Yours Tony.