Am Sonntag, den 26.08.2007, 21:46 -0500 schrieb John Pierce: > Ok, I have tried in vain to stop ipv6 from loading on boot. > > If I uncomment the following lines in /etc/modprobe.conf > > #alias net-pf-10 off > #alias ipv6 off > > then I get the following during boot: > > module off not found. I have the exact same lines in /etc/modprobe.conf and they work like charm (see below). How did the uncommented lines get into your /etc/modprobe.conf? - Try deleting them and recreate them from scratch (unseen special characters). alias net-pf-10 off alias ipv6 off > I have looked at /etc/sysctl.conf but I don't see a default entry for > the stoppage of ipv6. In /etc/sysconfig/network I had to change the line NETWORKING_IPV6=yes to NETWORKING_IPV6=no to completely get rid of IPV6. Henry > > I really would like to completely and utterly obliterate ipv6 once and > for all, as it seems to really bog down my system. > > -- > John > Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at > http://counter.li.org >
