[clue-tech] intermittent connection problems

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jason S. Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>

Must be a ubuntuism - pursue there. I only use native debian, so I
don't know how ubuntu cobbles this together.


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Collins Richey
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