[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I am running Potato with kernel 2.2.17pre6. > > If I dial out to my ISP kmod loads the appropriate modules but > they are not unloaded, after pppd is terminated, even though > there is a Root crontab to do this. > > If I type, as Root, 'modprobe -r', which I understand will > unload any unused modules, no modules are unloaded. This is, of > course, after pppd is terminated. > > I can load the ppp modules manually and, if pppd is not running, > I would assume that these modules are 'unused' and would be > unloaded with 'modprobe -r' but they are not. > > I can unload then if I specify the module name(s) on the modprobe > command line.
`/sbin/rmmod -a' does the trick and is what you should have in root's crontab. Here is what I have in root's crontab on my system: 0-59/5 * * * * /sbin/rmmod -a which I understand it correctly (man crontab(5)) remove unused module every five minutes. Chris -- "Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter." - Joseph Addison
