On 5/29/21 8:06 AM, Phil Perry wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I tried that before: [root at ws1 etc]# dnf remove kmod-wl No match for argument: kmod-wl No packages marked for removal. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! Seem there is no such package. I believe because it get built newly each time a new kernel is installed. Emmett