--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: IPV6INIT=no, but does anyway on local network > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 7:44 AM > On Monday 06 October 2008, Phil Savoie wrote: > >Thomas Cameron wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Greetings; > >>> > >>> In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line > as in the subject, but I > >>> note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 > address in the 192.168 > >>> block, there is about a 5 second pause doing > it, and ifconfig does > >>> report what looks like valid ipv6 addresses > for both eth0 and lo. > >>> > >>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr > 00:1F:C6:62:FC:BB > >>> inet addr:192.168.71.3 > Bcast:192.168.71.255 > >>> Mask:255.255.255.0 > >>> inet6 addr: > fe80::21f:c6ff:fe62:fcbb/64 Scope:Link > >>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST > MTU:1500 Metric:1 > >>> RX packets:52899 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 frame:0 > >>> TX packets:45100 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 carrier:0 > >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > >>> RX bytes:34184438 (32.6 MiB) TX > bytes:26737247 (25.4 MiB) > >>> Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000 > >>> > >>> lo Link encap:Local Loopback > >>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > >>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > >>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 > Metric:1 > >>> RX packets:6888 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 frame:0 > >>> TX packets:6888 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 carrier:0 > >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > >>> RX bytes:16987249 (16.2 MiB) TX > bytes:16987249 (16.2 MiB) > >>> > >>> > >>> How does one go about disabling that? > >> > >> What happens if you add: > >> > >> install ipv6 /bin/true > >> > >> to /etc/modprobe.conf? Forgive me if that > doesn't work, I don't have a > >> Fedora box to play with at the moment, only RHEL > 5. > >> > >> TC > > > >I think a reboot may be necessary for this change to > work. > > > >Phil > > Expected. And I also expect that the proper newer syntax > in the ifcfg-eth0 > file would also fix it, and require only a "service > network restart" to > adjust the setting. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of > liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Don't try to outweird me, three-eyes. I get stranger > things than you free > with my breakfast cereal. > -- Zaphod Beeblebrox > WHY make a career of it! I solved the same problem with: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-disable-ipv6-on-fedora-linux-why/ > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
