On Monday 06 October 2008, Phil Savoie wrote: >Thomas Cameron wrote: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> Greetings; >>> >>> In /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 I have the line as in the subject, but I >>> note that bringing up eth0, at a fixed ipv4 address in the 192.168 >>> block, there is about a 5 second pause doing it, and ifconfig does >>> report what looks like valid ipv6 addresses for both eth0 and lo. >>> >>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:C6:62:FC:BB >>> inet addr:192.168.71.3 Bcast:192.168.71.255 >>> Mask:255.255.255.0 >>> inet6 addr: fe80::21f:c6ff:fe62:fcbb/64 Scope:Link >>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >>> RX packets:52899 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>> TX packets:45100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >>> RX bytes:34184438 (32.6 MiB) TX bytes:26737247 (25.4 MiB) >>> Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000 >>> >>> lo Link encap:Local Loopback >>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 >>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host >>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 >>> RX packets:6888 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>> TX packets:6888 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 >>> RX bytes:16987249 (16.2 MiB) TX bytes:16987249 (16.2 MiB) >>> >>> >>> How does one go about disabling that? >> >> What happens if you add: >> >> install ipv6 /bin/true >> >> to /etc/modprobe.conf? Forgive me if that doesn't work, I don't have a >> Fedora box to play with at the moment, only RHEL 5. >> >> TC > >I think a reboot may be necessary for this change to work. > >Phil Expected. And I also expect that the proper newer syntax in the ifcfg-eth0 file would also fix it, and require only a "service network restart" to adjust the setting. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Don't try to outweird me, three-eyes. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal. -- Zaphod Beeblebrox -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
