[Solved] How to disable ipv6 via grub kernel parameter?

[dayan]

Hello,
I am trying to disable ipv6 from loading at boot. Normally I would do this by modifying /etc/default/grub , but I learned that parameters are appended in LMDE by creating a config file in /etc/default/grub.d/90_override.cfg and it would look like this:

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#! /bin/sh
set -e
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ipv6.disable=1"

However, that doesn't seem to be working. I have plymouth.enable=0 appended to disable plymouth at boot and that does work, but ipv6.disable=1 isn't working. I can check if the ipv6 kernel module is loaded by running:

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sudo sysctl -a | grep -i ipv6

I should get an empty output which would indicate that ipv6 is disabled, but the output isn't empty.
I like to disable ipv6 to prevent DNS leaks.

My 90_override.cfg file currently looks like this:

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#! /bin/sh
set -e
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="plymouth.enable=0,ipv6.disable=1"

Thanks.

[Nuts2u]

You have a typr in you frub cmd line it is a , not a .
Here is the line from my config and ipv6 is disabled:
ipv6,disable=1

[Nuts2u]

speaking of typo's it is grub not frub, typo not typr sorry about that

[dayan]

You have a typr in you frub cmd line it is a , not a .
Here is the line from my config and ipv6 is disabled:
ipv6,disable=1

Hello,
Sorry, you're mistaken. From what I can see ipv6.disable=1 with a period is correct. However, I believe there should be no comma between plymouth.enable=0 and ipv6.disable=1. Instead it should look like this,

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"plymouth.enable=0 ipv6.disable=1"

This has worked. Odd thing though, I had to reboot twice before it worked.

Thanks!

[Nuts2u]

What ever makes your boat float. If you check around online tutorials about your issue, you will see it is a comma not a period.

[dayan]

What ever makes your boat float. If you check around online tutorials about your issue, you will see it is a comma not a period.

I see periods in the tutorials I have saved. *Shrug*