during install dhcpcd fails how do i disable ipv6 in /proc

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dhcpcd fails ipv6 disable
HOW DO YOU DISABLE IPV6?

... sorry, i thought i'd see if that would show up the next time i searched on that string.

Hi there,

I've been a gentoo user for a while, and administrating a small network as well with a linux router / masqued gateway.

I just tried to change my routers distro from Slack to Gentoo, thinking that it might be a bit better for updating and security and that sort of thing.

I've run into a wall and i'm not taking stabs in the dark here, i know exactly what the problem is, i just don't know how to change it.

IPv6 is enabled by default in the kernel for the "x86 basic" release of 1.4, and my ISP (Rogers Cable, Toronto) does not like this at all, because when i request an IP address via DHCP i believe that my network card is sending a DHCPv6 request to the ISP. Which would explain why

`ifconfig eth0`

shows that exactly one packet has been sent on eth0 and none received. They're ignoring me... how rude!

Furthermore, I know that ipv6 is the problem because my desktop is currently directly connected to the exact same Modem using the exact same cable, and is getting a dhcp resonse instantaneously, using IPv4.

I've tried to disable certain options by

`echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/conf/ipv6/all/<various files>`

but unfortunately nothing helps me in my quest to find a damned IP address.

i've also tried setting my ip statically, and it says that it's also been assigned an inet6 address, which really bothers me.

HOW DO YOU DISABLE IPV6?

please, i've tried negotiating, bribing, threatening, begging, and i'm about to resort to physical violence if my little PI router doesn't respond soon.

any help would greatly be appreciated

ps:
btw.... for gentoo developers, i think it would be wise to disable ipv6 in the factory kernel for the basic cd, because i think i've gone through about 1000 different posts on this forum from people who are experiencing the same problem as me, but can't quite pin it down. It would prevent me from wasting my time reading their posts, but also a little bit of space on your server, and the time of the people that try to help these people out.

and, realistically, hardly ANYONE is going to need to use IPv6 for a long long time unless doing some sort of testing or network analysis. but the average user isn't goign to ever need a 128 bit address. And in general, the people who are doing such network analysis also probably know how to enable IPv6 if they need it.

in general, if you search for something like

"eth0 no ipv6 router present"

you'll come up with a million posts describing this exact problem (some people believe it's the network card's error... and it might be, but i've been using the same two network cards in a 2.4 kernel for a long time and there have been no problems)...

for those who would insist:

a) Relevent Dmseg output