Can't shut off IPV6 in MDV 2008!

[krisbee2000]

I have tried three different things... adding the two alias commands in modprobe.conf that did the trick in 2006, " alias ipv6 off

alias net-pf10 off", the Mandriva sanctioned idea of adding "install ipv6 /bin/true" to modprobe.conf, and then I tried adding to /etc/sysconfig/network "NETWORK_IPV6=no"

 

When I run lsmod | grep ipv6, it still shows an entry, and I can't add my urpmi sources (pinging mandriva.cointech.net shows a correct ip address, but no return)

 

I shut down the firewall that 2008 installed, shut down any other services that didn't seem necessary... and I just can't get this problem licked on my 2008 install.

 

What else can I do?

 

Thanks in advance,

Kris

 

 

[moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

[Greg2]

Here's the instructions: Mandriva/2008.0/Errata/Slow_internet_response

[krisbee2000]

I have followed this link and have added the information as they suggested, but somewhere ipv6 is being added after modprobe.conf... which is why I see it in lsmod....

[adamw]

Well, can you unload it?

 

modprobe -r ipv6

[krisbee2000]

Adding a file blacklist_ipv6 to modprobe.d directory, and adding "blacklist ipv6" to that file fixed the problem... sort of. I could ping the servers now, but no matter what, I couldn't get urpmi to connect, even though I could see what was in those ftp directories using konqueror.

 

IPV6 is definitely off, there is no entry in lsmod, so that module is not being loaded...

 

So, I am stumped now as to what the urpmi problem is, and slowly losing patience with 2008.

[arctic]

Did you try ftp or httpd mirrors? Might be worth trying both types.

[Greg2]

I couldn't get urpmi to connect, even though I could see what was in those ftp directories using konqueror.

 

What's the exact error you receive when using urpmi? Can you paste it here?

[krisbee2000]

What's the exact error you receive when using urpmi? Can you paste it here?

 

No error... it just hangs... for 20 minutes or so before I give up. It doesn't have a progress bar like normal, and this happens whether I use a compressed or uncompressed index. But like I said, I can ftp to the site in an instant and find the index with the path I am given from easy-urpmi...

 

And, I have tried ftp, rsync, or http mirrors, all without success. I have disabled the firewall in Mandriva, as well (no need for one, the router has a NAT Firewall).

 

Also, just to be clear, I have had this problem in 2006, and it was related to ipv6, which I shut off in 2006 and everything worked with urpmi with that version... I have shut this off in 2008, and there still is an issue.

Edited October 16, 2007 by krisbee2000

[Greg2]

No error... it just hangs... for 20 minutes or so before I give up. It doesn't have a progress bar like normal,

You've lost me on the progress bar. Are you using the package manager? If so, would you please try it from the command line in a terminal. Do as root

urpmi.addmedia

followed by the url of the repo. That should give us an error.

[krisbee2000]

You've lost me on the progress bar. Are you using the package manager? If so, would you please try it from the command line in a terminal. Do as root

urpmi.addmedia

followed by the url of the repo. That should give us an error.

 

 

No, this is from the command line (though I have tried from inside mcc as well)... no error happens in the terminal. By progress bar, if a connection is established, usually you will get a printout of the percentage downloaded of the index, how big, etc. None of that happens. It says add "main" (which is the first group I am trying to add), and then, nothing. NOTHING. 20 minutes, NOTHING!