[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-10 Thread Scott Moser
I've verified fix-released on utopic. In 2 ways: a.) set /etc/network/interfaces with: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet6 static netmask 64 address 2001:db8::1:3 And set a local 'NoCloud' datasource, and then booted the system to see 'ip -6 addr' shows t

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-10 Thread Scott Moser
** Also affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Medium Status: Confirmed ** Also affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu Trusty) Import

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-09 Thread Michael Bienia
See also bug #994931 (Altering use_tempaddr drops all IPv6 addresses). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352255 Title: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-09 Thread Scott Moser
just for the record changing sysctl -e net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr is what causes the problem. changing 'sysctl -e net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr' does not. changing 0 -> 2 or 2 -> 0 deletes all existing addresses for an interface. ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Importance: Undeci

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-09 Thread Scott Moser
i opened bug 1379427 for the incorrect static-networking bug that i found when investigating. setting the use_tempaddr setting ends up wiping existing ipv6 addresses. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-09 Thread Scott Moser
The simple fix, then is: rm /etc/sysctl.d/10-ipv6-privacy.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352255 Title: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address To man

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-09 Thread Scott Moser
I did a fair amount of debug information including recreation with a cloud image at lp:~smoser/+junk/lp-1377005 . I'll copy the final comment here. ok. so, i now know what happens, and why adding anything before the ipv6 address "fixes" the problem. boot happens like this: * system boot * net-d

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-10-09 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352255 Title: I

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-09-12 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
drive-by: setting "package" to "ifupdown" ** Package changed: ubuntu => ifupdown (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352255 Title: Impossible to configure network interface with

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-08-04 Thread Brian Murray
** Tags added: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352255 Title: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address To manage notifications about this bug go to: htt

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-08-04 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people

[Bug 1352255] Re: Impossible to configure network interface with only IPv6 address

2014-08-04 Thread /usr/local/dick
The workaround for now is to configure an IPv4 address: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 169.254.199.199 netmask 255.255.0.0 iface eth0 inet6 static address 2001:610:188:444::55 netmask 64 gateway 2001:610:188:444::1 autoconf 0 prive