Easy enough to fix... Edit your /etc/conf.modules and add the following: alias net-pf-4 off alias net-pf-5 off alias netmask off alias broadcast off
(I only use the first two on my system, but it works for me...) -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen Web: http://www.et.byu.edu/~andersee/ 2485 South State St. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Springville, Ut 84663 phone: (801) 489-1231 --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- Chris R. Martin wrote: > > I recently recompiled, packaged, and installed a 2.0.20 kernel. > I edited /etc/modules so that no modules are loaded at bootup (just using > "auto"). However I now get the following messages at bootup: > > <some date and time> modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4 > <some date and time> modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5 > " " " modprobe: can't locate module netmask > " " " modprobe: can't locate module broadcast > SIOCDSIFADDR: no such device > > These messages are repeated 2-3 times during startup. Everything seems to > work okay, including my ethernet card. Could someone please tell me the > nature of these messages, and how to get rid of them?? > > Thanks, Chris. > > === > Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479