Re: Disable loading ipv6 on wheezy NSLU2
On 15 May 2012, at 22:00, Alan Snelgrove wrote:
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> On 15 May 2012, at 21:10, John Winters wrote:
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>> On 15/05/12 18:46, Alan Snelgrove wrote:
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>>> I have read that adding ipv6.disable=1 to the kernel
>>> line in the bootloader configuration fixes the problem.
>>>
>>> But I don't know how to do that on a NSLU2 or anywhere else.
>>>
>>> Can someone please point me in the right direction.
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>> Have you tried upgrading to the latest squeeze kernel and not flashing it? That's reported to work if you want to disable ipv6.
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> You mean downgrading from wheezy 3.2.0-2-ixp4xx to squeeze (backports) linux-image-2.6.39-bpo.2-ixp4xx
> I encountered problems in flash-kernel (return code 1) when called from update-initramfs -u during the upgrade.
> I ended up copying the /dev/mtdblocks and using upslug2 to re-flash.
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> My last resort is a downgrade.
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I found the answer here -- http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModuleBlacklisting
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