On 29/05/2021 15:52, Emmett Culley via CentOS wrote: > Sometime ago I thought I needed kmod-wl to support a new wireless card. > Turns out I didn't need to do that. Now I'd like to remove kmod > entirely. But when I try I get this: > > [root at ws1 etc]# dnf remove kmod > Error: > Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected > packages: systemd-udev > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) > > I am sure I don't want to remove systemd-udev, so I am a loss. > > I did disable akmods: > > systemctl disable akmods > > But I still see that kmod-wl is built each time the kernal is updated. > > Any suggestions where I can find out how to remove kmod. > > Note that searching the internet only brings me info on removing > kmod-nvidia, and mostly on ubuntu, and they are no help because mostly > what they discuss is how get back to neuveau. > > Even docs I've found that discuss how to install kmod on CentOS say > nothing about removal. > > Emmett Try: dnf remove kmod-wl which should do it for you. the 'kmod' package is the package that provides the underlying kmod architecture. The kmod package providing the individual driver is (probably) called kmod-wl. Hope that helps.