Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
Bring up a fully updated Lucid Lynx Ubuntu system, with ipv6 disabled by
sysctl.conf. Verify no IPv6 on interfaces with ifconfig. Look at
listen list--gdm is listening on an IPv6 (wildcard) port! Log in, check
your $DISPLAY. You have an IPv6 address.
Symptoms... long delays, apparently due to timeouts on IPv6 code paths.
Also, apps and window managers which don't do IPv6 will not work
(WMaker, for instance, apparently).
I recommend that GDM should either check interfaces and only enable
address families actually present on a given system. Or at least give
us a -4 switch to force its behavior.
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
--
GDM uses ipv6 even when no ipv6 interfaces on system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612830
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
