Thanks everyone for the suggestions. There seems to be many different solutions (as usual). I have opted for the simple solution of changing my original settings in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf to:
blacklist ipv6 options ipv6 disable=1 and that works for me. When I am ready for ipv6 I will simply delete these two parameters. Cheers Bill Maidment -----Original message----- > From:David Sommerseth <sl+us...@lists.topphemmelig.net> > Sent: Thursday 5th December 2013 23:34 > To: Bill Maidment <b...@maidment.com.au>; SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@FNAL.GOV > Subject: Re: Problem loading iwldvm.ko with kernel-2.6.32-431 > > On 05. des. 2013 12:45, Bill Maidment wrote: > > Just to add, I got the rpms from sl-testing. > > > > AND I JUST NOTICED I have the following in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf > > as I don't want ipv6 lookups > > blacklist ipv6 > > install ipv6 /bin/true > > > > When I removed these lines the module loads OK > > Does this mean I have to now have ipv6 lookups? > > It means that you have IPv6 enabled. The ipv6 module adds IPv6 support > to the networking stack. > > If you do not configure IPv6 support for your networking in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* ... then it doesn't really matter > if you have IPv6 lookups. Just set IPV6INIT=no. For more information, > see /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt > > And btw. Don't be scared of IPv6. When you start implementing it, it > is in many ways far simpler to tackle than IPv4. > > > -- > kind regards, > > David Sommerseth > >
