I did some experiments on an Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS desktop standard installation. There are 4 (!) components involved in this annoying traffic:
whoopsie network manager dnsmasq (started by network manager) IPv6 The repeated DNS-requests for daisy.ubuntu.com stop when de-activating anyone of these! You (as root) may use these recipes as workarounds: Workaround #1: De-activate whoopsie: #initctl stop whoopsie #echo 'manual' > /etc/init/whoopsie.override Or workaround #2: De-activate Network Manager: #initctl stop network-manager #echo 'manual' > /etc/init/network-manager.override - Bring up network interface through config lines in file /etc/network/interfaces, e.g. iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth0 #ifup eth0 Or workaround #3: Disable dnsmasq - Edit file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and change line with dns=dnsmasq to #dns=dnsmasq - Restart Network Manager: # initctl restart network-manager Or workaround #4: Disable IPv6: #sysctl -w net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6=1 #echo 'net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6=1' >/etc/sysctl.d/10-ipv6-off -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991481 Title: Constant dns traffic for daisy.ubuntu.com To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/whoopsie/+bug/991481/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
