How to edit /etc/modules.conf file?

Mateo1041 · 11-18-2004, 10:19 PM

I've read the /etc/modules.conf file needs to be modified in order to turn IPv6 off. I was going to give this a try to see if I can get my internet connection to work. But Linux won't let me edit the file via GNOME. And I can't seem to get this accomplished with VI. Do I need to boot into single user mode or something else prior to modifying this file?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

- Matt.

Berto · 11-18-2004, 10:38 PM

What distribution are you using? And what errors do you get when you try to edit it in Gnome?

trey85stang · 11-18-2004, 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by Mateo1041
I've read the /etc/modules.conf file needs to be modified in order to turn IPv6 off. I was going to give this a try to see if I can get my internet connection to work. But Linux won't let me edit the file via GNOME. And I can't seem to get this accomplished with VI. Do I need to boot into single user mode or something else prior to modifying this file?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

- Matt.

for most distros, open the terminal.. type in "su" put in roots pass, then you can open the file with gedit or vi..

vi /etc/modules.com
or
gedit /etc/modules.conf

you should be able to edit and save the files at this point.

Mateo1041 · 11-19-2004, 12:08 PM

I am using Mandrake 10.0 and it wouldn't let me edit the file. There weren't necessarily any errors. It would only open as read only and I couldn't edit it. I did try VI when logged in as root, but either I couldn't modify it either with that program or I was not in the proper edit mode. Is it possible to log in as root into GNOME? I'll try gedit from the terminal next.

Mateo1041 · 11-19-2004, 12:18 PM

Ok, I was just able to edit the file in gedit when logged in as root via the terminal and added the following at the end to disable IPv6:

"alias net-pf-10 off"

Too bad my computer now doesn't start and gets stuck at the blue screen. Grrr...