[Disable IPv6] Re: Internet access problem

[NoOp]

On 11/11/2009 10:21 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> NoOp:
> 
>> And my apologies... I should have ignored the documentation & remembered
>> your suggestion from June :-)
> 
> ...which you, admittedly, remembered better than myself. I didn't even
> think of setting
> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
> this time, which indeed worked for me on Karmic, as a quick test in a VM
> showed. This would have been a solution much easier to try out.
> If it happens again that I don't remember my own posts, you may call me
> Karl ;-)
> 
>> So,  as punishment I'll toddle of to launchpad and file a documentation
>> bug report and
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide
>> which also provides the same reference to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
>> (4.5.2. IPV6).
> 
> Good idea! Thanks a lot.
> 

These might be of interest:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/417757?comments=all
[[karmic regression] all network apps / browsers suffer from
multi-second delays by default due to IPv6 DNS lookups]
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/how-to-disable-ipv6-in-ubuntu-910.html

Note: I still have to get around to filing a bug regarding the
documentation... maybe tomorrow.