[ale] Can't locate net-pf-4 and net-pf-5 modules

Geoffrey Myers geof at abraxis.com
Fri Jan 9 09:49:19 EST 1998


Chris Ricker wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> 
> > > It's not a problem with anything you did.  I imagine this is a Redhat box?
> > > To fix it, create/modify the file /etc/conf.modules and add:
> > >         alias net-pf-4 off
> > >         alias net-pf-5 off
> >
> > I get these messages too, and I appreciate the solution.  The 'problem
> > solver' in me really would like to know what these things are that it's
> > trying to load and why they are there...
> 
> net-pf-4 is ipx, net-pf-5 is appletalk.  It can't find them because you
> didn't compile them.

I didn't compile them because I didn't want/need them.  Point is, why is
something trying to load them?  By default, courtesy of RH?
> 
> later,
> chris
> 
> --
> Chris Ricker                                 gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		geof at abraxis.com

NT is secure.... as long as you don't remove the shrink wrap.






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