diff -up e-smith-base-5.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/conf-modules.badkmods e-smith-base-5.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/conf-modules
--- e-smith-base-5.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/conf-modules.badkmods	2010-06-02 11:13:16.000000000 -0600
+++ e-smith-base-5.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/conf-modules	2010-06-02 13:01:23.000000000 -0600
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ use strict;
 use Errno;
 use File::Find;
 
+# Remove broken kmods
+use RPM2;
+my @remove;
+my $rpm2 = RPM2->open_rpm_db();
+foreach ($rpm2->find_by_provides('appletalk-kmod'), $rpm2->find_by_provides('slip-kmod')) {
+    push @remove, $_->as_nvre if $_->version eq '1.0' && $_->release eq '6.el4.sme';
+}
+foreach ($rpm2->find_by_provides('ppp-kmod')) {
+    push @remove, $_->as_nvre if $_->version eq '1.0.2' && $_->release eq '7.el4.sme';
+}
+system(qw(rpm -e --noscripts), @remove) if scalar @remove > 0;
+
 # Remove stale symlinks from /lib/modules
 finddepth(sub{unlink unless -e $_}, '/lib/modules/');