Amogh Hooshdar wrote the following on 15.12.2007 14:10 > Thank you for response. But it did not help. I commented out all the > ip6 lines in /etc/hosts and then even rebooted the box. > > Now see a sample output for aptitude update:- > > # aptitude update > 0% [Connecting to ftp.us.debian.org (1.0.0.0)] [Connecting to > security.debian.or > > I observed it with wireshark and the DNS queries and responses are like this:- > > DNS Standard query AAAA ftp.us.debian.org > DNS Standard query response [Malformed packet] > DNS Standrd query A ftp.us.debian.org > DNS Standard query response A 1.0.0.0 > > ipv6 doesn't seem to have been disabled because the DNS AAAA type > queries are still going out. Please help me to disable ipv6 > completely.
are yo using KDE? <-------- grep IP /etc/environment -------- KDE_NO_IPV6=1 ---------------------------------------------> basically i do not understand how the machine can still do ipv6 when there is no kernel modul loaded. ? Have you got resolvconf or any local dns[proxy|cache] installed? I just found there is also a list especial for ipv6: http://lists.debian.org/debian-ipv6/ bye -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]