From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Gvw81-00015t-0g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:32:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBHDUeSu023742; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:30:40 GMT Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.239]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBHDUdcP013296 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:30:40 GMT Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so1724228wxd for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:30:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gzCDvf9Z4QeHDyCL829ThljZJ+aBAeH49IV6eU8nmFHAUd7G72mrWneo7FSZH9RUNGx0XQUqSRHiI1Gof8DLCd26goQKgykJuAPkNy3Zf8NOIKftvdiZYaYmKj6oDlh6EgopnpvFnZO2QYrlQREZPy371WMKg5Zkjrt1DFr/Ys8= Received: by 10.70.68.11 with SMTP id q11mr5169166wxa.1166362238913; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:30:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.43.17 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:30:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:00:38 +0530 From: arnuld To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] stopping IPv6 In-Reply-To: <200612171424.14018.peper@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200612171330.10628.peper@gentoo.org> <200612171424.14018.peper@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: d4738091-beb1-4d6b-a8b2-df5fd5fd5264 X-Archives-Hash: bfb5d453a4b9cd3441189f95886d91cd > As root: > To list modules loaded into kernel: > # lsmod > > To remove one of them: > # rmmod module_name > > To load: > # modprobe module_name > > So rmmod ipv6 will remove the ipv6 module from your kernel(just like your > alias prevents it from loading) and maybe solve your problem. thanks a lot buddy, now i will format the Frugalware & will try to install Gentoo. BTW, do you have any idea on "Whether Formatting/Partitioning" destroys the Hard-Drive?". actually, in choosing a Linux Distro for an experienced Linux user, i formatted my Seagate SATA for more than 50 times :- | , 4 times just today to post problems -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list