Re: How to disable ipv6 in Lenny to avoid 1.0.0.0 error in name resolution for AAAA type queries
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
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Thilo
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