Control: tag -1 + upstream confirmed Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/1661892
Hi, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans wrote: > wicd gets upset on IPv6-only networks, on which no IPv4-talking DHCP > server exists to give an IPv4 address. Yes. wicd currently seems to require the DHCP(v4) client to succeed. Have you tried to configure a static IPv4 address without gateway (and maybe uncheck the "ping gateway" setting under Advanced Settings) as a workaround? > To solve this, it might be useful at first to make it a non-default > option; something like a ticky-box in network properties to select if > the network is 'v6-only > > [ ] IPv6-only network > > If such option were ticked, then wicd shouldn't bother awaiting an IPv4 > address, but simply be happy when a 'v6 has appeared. That's definitely out of scope for a quick and simple patch against the Debian package and should be done upstream. I've forwarded your bug report to https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/1661892 Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <[email protected]>, http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `- | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE
