Thanks for the help I've had. There are still a couple of things, though. For some reason YOU won't work. The error message says: "Couldn't connect to host". The URL it's trying for is http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/suseservers.cgi Funnily enough, Eclipse can't connect to its update server either. So on the face of it, the two things look related. Is it to do with IPv6 again? Should I disable it altogether; and if so, how would I do it? Thanks again Peter -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Sunday 11 June 2006 23:18, Peter Bradley wrote:
Thanks for the help I've had.
There are still a couple of things, though. For some reason YOU won't work. The error message says: "Couldn't connect to host". The URL it's trying for is http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/suseservers.cgi
Funnily enough, Eclipse can't connect to its update server either. So on the face of it, the two things look related.
Can you connect to anything at all? With a web browser, for instance How about ping www.suse.de from a command line? Perhaps you're having name server problems
Is it to do with IPv6 again? Should I disable it altogether; and if so, how would I do it?
Since you don't need it, why not? Add the line install ipv6 /bin/true to /etc/modprobe.conf.local and reboot the machine -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Anders Johansson wrote:
Can you connect to anything at all? With a web browser, for instance
How about
ping www.suse.de
from a command line? Perhaps you're having name server problems
No. Everything else seems fine. I did have trouble with Firefox and Thunderbird - but following advice from here, I configured them not to use IPv6 and then they worked.
Since you don't need it, why not? Add the line
install ipv6 /bin/true
to /etc/modprobe.conf.local and reboot the machine
Thanks. I'll give it a try and let you know how I get on. Peter -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Anders Johansson wrote:
Since you don't need it, why not? Add the line
install ipv6 /bin/true
to /etc/modprobe.conf.local and reboot the machine
Yep. That worked. Is it just me? I mean does ipv6 work for most people? Just curious. Peter -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Peter Bradley wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
Since you don't need it, why not? Add the line
install ipv6 /bin/true
to /etc/modprobe.conf.local and reboot the machine
Yep. That worked.
Is it just me? I mean does ipv6 work for most people?
Just curious.
Peter
It doesn't. Every new installation I disable system wide IPv6, sometimes as Andres described, sometimes look in /etc/sysconfig directory, sometimes using YaST and if the system is set with disabled IPv6, than anyway I have to change Firefox default because it doesn't use system settings: http://en.opensuse.org/Disable_IPv6_for_Firefox . It is probably good for some intranets where is used, but most of the Internet still uses IPv4. -- Regards, Rajko. Visit http://en.opensuse.org -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Peter Bradley wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
Since you don't need it, why not? Add the line install ipv6 /bin/true to /etc/modprobe.conf.local and reboot the machine
Yep. That worked. Is it just me? I mean does ipv6 work for most people? Just curious.
IPv6 does not cause me any problems whatsoever. My networks are IPv4-only so I don't use IPv6 at all. I've been surprised to read the couple of posting about IPv6 causing miscellaneous problems - when it's not even being used. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 13:23 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
IPv6 does not cause me any problems whatsoever. My networks are IPv4-only so I don't use IPv6 at all. I've been surprised to read the couple of posting about IPv6 causing miscellaneous problems - when it's not even being used.
If IPv6 is enabled on an interface, some applications attempt to resolve names to IPv6 first. That's where 95% of the problems are. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------- Illegal Immigration = "Representation Without Taxation" -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Bryan J. Smith wrote:
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 13:23 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
IPv6 does not cause me any problems whatsoever. My networks are IPv4-only so I don't use IPv6 at all. I've been surprised to read the couple of posting about IPv6 causing miscellaneous problems - when it's not even being used.
If IPv6 is enabled on an interface, some applications attempt to resolve names to IPv6 first. That's where 95% of the problems are.
What I don't understand is - why am I not seeing any of those? SUSE by default enables IPv6 everywhere. I know e.g. wget will attempt to use AAAA records first, but it doesn't cause an problems. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Monday 12 June 2006 14:44, Per Jessen wrote:
What I don't understand is - why am I not seeing any of those? SUSE by default enables IPv6 everywhere. I know e.g. wget will attempt to use AAAA records first, but it doesn't cause an problems.
I haven't seen any of these problems first hand, so I can't say for certain what's going on, but I know for example that my DNS will respond to an ipv6 query with a No Record, which immediately causes an IPv4 query. I can only guess that the systems which see this problem have DNS servers that don't understand IPv6 at all, and won't answer it. These clients will then have to wait for a network timeout But like I said, it's just a guess. A LAN trace on one of the afflicted systems will say for sure -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Anders Johansson wrote:
On Monday 12 June 2006 14:44, Per Jessen wrote:
What I don't understand is - why am I not seeing any of those? SUSE by default enables IPv6 everywhere. I know e.g. wget will attempt to use AAAA records first, but it doesn't cause an problems.
I haven't seen any of these problems first hand, so I can't say for certain what's going on, but I know for example that my DNS will respond to an ipv6 query with a No Record, which immediately causes an IPv4 query. I can only guess that the systems which see this problem have DNS servers that don't understand IPv6 at all, and won't answer it. These clients will then have to wait for a network timeout
Interesting - yes, I could see that causing a problem. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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