A very BIG thanks to Nate, I was able to locate the slip.o module right where he said it would be. Moving that module took care of the problem. Thanks again.
Dave Bacon - OWLS Nate Amsden wrote: > Dave Bacon wrote: > > > > I have referenced all of my Linux books on this one and still can't find > > a solution. So I am hoping you can help me. I need to find a way to > > prevent Linux from bringing serial line 0 up after a reboot. The > > ifconfig utility shows serial line 0 (sl0) as a PPP port set to an IP > > Address of 192.168.0.1. For some reason, I can't use eth0 to connect to > > the Internet until I run "ifconfig sl0 down". Thanks in advance for any > > ideas or suggestions you can send my way. > > while there may be better ways a totally sure way would be recompile the > kernel and disable SLIP support..unless the slip is loaded via module, > if so check /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ probably in the net directory, you > can move that file to your home directory to prvent the driver from > loading(easier then editing config files and such sometimes) and that > should make it impossible for a sl0 interface to come up. > > nate > > -- > ::: > ICQ: 75132336 > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _________________________________________ Dave G. Bacon Computer Network Manager Outagamie Waupaca Library System 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI 54911 920/832-6193(voice), 920/832-6422(FAX) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________
