Ip -6 a shows no output after "visual" inspection i don't see any ipv6 addresses assigned to my eth interfaces On Mon, 29 Dec 2014, Mateusz Guz wrote: >On Sun, 28 Dec 2014, Mark Milhollan wrote: >>On Fri, 26 Dec 2014, Mateusz Guz wrote: >>>created /etc/modprobe.d/ipv6_disable.conf file with >>>alias net-pf-10 off >>>alias ipv6 off >>>options ipv6 disable=1 >> >>These only take effect if you reboot or unload the modules manually. > >Tryning not to reboot, when unloading I get the message that the modules is in use. >I think that forcing the unload is too dangerouse, read that it might resolve in kernel panic. Forcing an unload wouldn't be wise. You must stop using the module then you can unload it. Busy usually means you have IPv6 addresses on some interfaces -- ip -6 addr flush dev ethX. /mark