[Klug-general] removal of an unneeded module

[George Prowse]

Karl Lattimer wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 17:53 +0000, George Prowse wrote:
>> Anyway, I need to use the 8139cp module and the 8139too module is 
>> redundant but as I can rmmod the cp module (the one I want) I cannot 
>> remove the 8139too module.
> 
> as in 8139cp depends on 8139too?
> 
No, as in the two drivers are for 2 different different cards and I only 
have 1 card and it needs the 8139cp module. The 8139too is stopping it 
from working. See here:

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Realtek_8139_Driver_Problem

>> rmmod -f wont remove it (I dont think it was built into the kernel) so i 
>> can't get the networking set up.
> 
>>From what you've said I think you should remove one of the two cards
> physically, having two cards with the same chipset isn't ideal anyway,
> it leads to other confusion. In machines I need two ethernet cards I
> generally use the onboard (invariably an 8139) and a 3com because I have
> them lying around.

Sorry, I didn't explain it well, I have one card but 2 drivers. The one 
i don't need cant be removed.
> 
>> PS. Also why do you have to give the whole path to /sbin when giving 
>> commands like ifconfig and lsmod in Fedora? It's very annoying!
> 
> su -
> 
> instead of su
> 
> its to stop people from doing stupid things, and is pretty much a
> standard setup for su environments. 
> 
Hmmm, well you learn a new thing every day...