Ben Greear wrote: > Please show me 'lsmod' when the error messages are happening, > or if lsmod hangs, then run it right before you run the command > to unload the vlan module. > > THanks, > Ben before restarting network: root@Anakin:~# lsmod Module Size Used by pcspkr 3460 0 via_agp 9536 1 i2c_viapro 7952 0 i2c_core 21200 1 i2c_viapro ipt_mac 1920 125 ipt_mark 1600 1 ipt_realm 1856 6 ipt_state 1856 3 iptable_nat 23324 1 ip_conntrack 43128 2 ipt_state,iptable_nat ipt_MARK 2432 13 iptable_raw 1984 1 iptable_mangle 2816 1 iptable_filter 2880 1 ip_tables 19520 9 ipt_mac,ipt_mark,ipt_realm,ipt_state,iptable_nat,ipt_MARK,iptable_raw,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter 8021q 19912 0 sk98lin 166240 0 agpgart 34120 1 via_agp ************************************ after restarting network and messages like: Jul 20 12:20:07 Anakin kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 Jul 20 12:20:27 Anakin last message repeated 2 times appears on the dev console Module Size Used by pcspkr 3460 0 via_agp 9536 1 i2c_viapro 7952 0 i2c_core 21200 1 i2c_viapro ipt_mac 1920 125 ipt_mark 1600 1 ipt_realm 1856 6 ipt_state 1856 3 iptable_nat 23324 1 ip_conntrack 43128 2 ipt_state,iptable_nat ipt_MARK 2432 13 iptable_raw 1984 1 iptable_mangle 2816 1 iptable_filter 2880 1 ip_tables 19520 9 ipt_mac,ipt_mark,ipt_realm,ipt_state,iptable_nat,ipt_MARK,iptable_raw,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter 8021q 19912 0 sk98lin 166240 0 agpgart 34120 1 via_agp thanks best regards