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-*- outline -*-
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* How disable IPv6?
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** Debian kernel 2.6/Ubuntu ("official" method)/Fedora Core.
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Comment in /etc/modprobe.d/aliases "alias net-pf-10 ipv6" and add alias
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"net-pf-10 off", "alias ipv6 off":
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  $ sudo emacs /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
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  $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
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# alias net-pf-10 ipv6
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alias net-pf-10 off
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alias ipv6 off
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Reboot or
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  $ sudo update-modules
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Another way is adding to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local lines
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  blacklist ipv6
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You can safely wipe out any IPv6 reference in "/etc/hosts" and
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"/etc/network/interfaces".
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** RHEL4/Centos4.
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As for Debian, but "/etc/modprobe.d/aliases" has name "/etc/modprobe.conf".
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** KDE.
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  $ cat /etc/environment
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KDE_NO_IPV6=true
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** Firefox.
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See about:config page, set "network.dns.disableIPv6" to "true".