Re: FATAL error while loading IPv6 module

[Erik Mouw <mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:56:57AM -0700, Irfan Ahmed wrote:
> I am using Fedora linux kernel 2.6.18.2. When I list kernel modules
> using [B]lsmod [/B]command I did not find any IPv6 module.
> 
> Then I have used the following document to load the module
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/systemcheck-kernel.html
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# test -f /proc/net/if_inet6 && echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready"
> Running kernel is IPv6 ready

So the IPv6 functionality is already loaded.

> [root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipv6
> FATAL: Module ipv6 not found.
> 
> Any suggestion why I am getting this FATAL error

Simple: IPv6 is compiled into the kernel and not as a module.


Erik

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