[clue-tech] intermittent connection problems

[Jason S. Friedman]

Hmm.  I have nothing but the stock Ubuntu 9.04 packages.

root at goldenrule:/etc/bind> ll /etc/modprobe.d/
total 36
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2387 2009-04-08 17:42 alsa-base.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  325 2009-03-18 16:02 blacklist-ath_pci.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1467 2009-03-18 16:02 blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  213 2009-03-18 16:02 blacklist-firewire.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  662 2009-03-18 16:02 blacklist-framebuffer.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  156 2009-04-08 17:42 blacklist-modem.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   41 2009-06-13 02:53 blacklist-oss.conf -> 
/lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modprobe.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  838 2009-03-18 16:02 blacklist-watchdog.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   16 2009-03-05 23:22 libpisock9.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  115 2009-03-05 21:47 nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf
 >
 > Is this merely a typo? The file is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.conf (ie,
 > you omitted ....conf). This should be present on any debian/ubuntu
 > system, unless you have done something to remove it.
 >
 > And yes, active ipv6 can wreak havoc with internet connections.
 >
 >
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jason S. Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:
>> I have heard from this list: 1) DNS, 2) IPv6.  Regarding IPv6, I read at
>>  http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-87798.html instructions for
>> disabling IPv6,  The instructions refer to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases, but I
>> have no such file on my machine.
>>