[mythtv-users] Backend won't start - ipv6 issue?

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:
> Yan Seiner wrote:
>>> That might work for you but it wouldn't work for me. If you're going
>>> to ask for help then details like mythtv version and even which *OS*
>>> would be useful.
>>>
>> Point taken...  :)
>>
>> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, myth 0.27
>
> What you've done will work until you reboot.  You need to add this to
> /etc/sysctl.conf:
>
> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
> net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
> net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
>
> Doug
>
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Why would that only work until a reboot? He is puting

echo net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1

into

/etc/sysctl.d/01-disable-ipv6.conf

Which would seem to be the correct way to keep the setting though a
reboot (at least for Ubuntu).

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos