I have had the same problem, affecting all network activities. Particularly a problem when performing upgrades via aptitude. Problem completely solved by specifying Opendns as my DNS servers. I do not have this problem when running Jaunty, XP or Vista.
-- [karmic regression] all network apps / browsers suffer from multi-second delays by default due to IPv6 DNS lookups https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417757 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs