IPv6 Nightmares. Why cant I not use!

[triad]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:52:29 +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
<fabbione at canonical.com> wrote:
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> triad wrote:
> | Sorry this is a repost forgot to add proper Subject.
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> | Having some problems disabling IPv6.  It's playing Havoc with my
> | network connection.  I already did the editing of
> | /etc/modutils/aliases  and update-modules  but it still shows up.  Any
> | idea how to get rid of this?
> |
> | Snipet of /etc/modutils/aliases :
> |
> | # Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which modules to use
> |
> | # Uncomment the network protocols you don't want loaded:
> | # alias net-pf-1 off            # Unix
> | # alias net-pf-2 off            # IPv4
> | alias net-pf-3 off              # Amateur Radio AX.25
> | alias net-pf-4 off              # IPX
> | alias net-pf-5 off              # DDP / appletalk
> | alias net-pf-6 off              # Amateur Radio NET/ROM
> | alias net-pf-9 off              # X.25
> | alias net-pf-10 off             # IPv6
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> perhaps this one?
> 
> | alias net-pf-11 off             # ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP
> | alias net-pf-19 off             # Acorn Econet
> |
> |
> | lsmod | grep ipv6
> | ipv6                  258116  8
> 
> Unfortunatly killing ipv6 on a linux machine requires a reboot. That
> means that you need to first comment the line above and then reboot.
> 
> There is no otherway around to that.
> 
> Fabio
> 
> PS that's true for all linux distro around the world ;)
> 

Sorry to burst your bubble but I have rebooted my computer more times
then when I did when I ran Windows but IPv6 Still shows up.!!   This
doesnt answer my question but gets me infuriated at thinking that
responses to ubuntu Mailing lists can be as Niave as yours.