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Can't download anything after upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10

Asked by zed

Hi all,

I've upgrade my Ubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10 then all my problem began.

at first i didn't manage to browse the Internet using firebox but my skype where connect OK, so after digging in i found that there is a problem with the IPV6 so i disable it in the about:config and manage to browse the Internet, next i found out that all kind of software not working like the update manager and the Ubuntu software center and even download plug-in via Firefox doesn't work so i manage to disable ipv6 to all system by editing rc.local file and now the inet6 line disappear but still no downloads at all.

please help

Thank you in advance,

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#1

Are you still using Legacy Grub?

If so open a terminal and run:

gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Scroll down to the bottom and look for and add to kernel see below example:

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-14-generic
uuid 0eec5b6b-0010-410d-8007-7de9687bff23
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=0eec5b6b-0010-410d-8007-7de9687bff23 ro quiet ipv6.disable=1 splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
quiet

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#2

Then run:

sudo update-grub

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zed (meni-kalef) said : 		#3

Sorry I forgot to mention that i already did this the inet6 line was remove when i do the ifconfig eth0 command but still no download

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#4

So just to be sure you did add the option to turn ipv6 off at the grub boot line for your kernel.

Not just rc.local

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zed (meni-kalef) said : 		#5

Yes i did.

 And to make sure it effect the kernel i turn the ipv6 back on in the firefox and succeed to surf the net , but to download still the problem remains :-( , maybe its another issue ?

Thank you in advance,

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

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