uninstalling USB cable modem

Vulcan · 06-25-2003, 04:55 PM

I am running Red Hat 9.0. I had a cable modem installed until recently. Now, every time linux boots up it trys to unstall it, to no avail. It always says there is an error and continues to load Linux. Once it boots, I have to activate my NIC every time I load Linux if I want to use the net.
Any suggestions on how to remove this? The USB cable modem is no longer there, yet it can't remove it....
Thanks

finegan · 06-25-2003, 05:13 PM

Check for an entry in /etc/modules.conf that has to do with the cable modem's drivers, if there is one, just delete that line. Also, run "netconfig", as root, to configure your wired NIC to be primary device on boot.

Cheers,

Finegan

Vulcan · 06-26-2003, 12:46 PM

Thanks for the feedback finegan. Unfortunately, neither of those worked....

finegan · 06-26-2003, 04:30 PM

hmmm... okay, forget the GUIs, lets rip out the files by hand. First, find the modem driver file, its a .o, its somewhere in /lib/modules/2.4.xx/blah... Just move it from where it is and run:

depmod -a

That'll make the machine forget about the driver.

Next up, zapping the config that brings up the device. If the device registered as eth0, as it should, there will be a file you can hand edit in:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth0 (or somesuch)

Cheers,

Finegan

Vulcan · 06-27-2003, 09:41 PM

well, this is part of the problem...the cable modem isn't specified as anything. my NIC card is specified as eth0, and works fine, after i activate it. i think the drivers and such for the usb cable modem are gone, and that's part of the problem that kudzu is having uninstalling it when linux boots.