Ping ipv6 localhost fails "address family for hostname not supported"
by razor7 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6DFGC)
Hi!
A year or so ago I tweaked my IPV6 config to disable it, or at last that's what I tough. I don't remember which commands executed or which articles I read. Currently I'm at LM Cinnamon 21.2 (Ubuntu 22.04)
Today, using a debugger for my work, it generates a web service URL like this
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And the debugger software fails to connect to it, because, somehow, the debugger web service gets the IPv6 of localhost. If I try to ping localhost I get:
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Trying to ping ::1 I get
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What can I do to get my localhost ipv6 running? I just need t be able to access ws://[::1]:8081/inspector/debug?device=0&page=-1
A year or so ago I tweaked my IPV6 config to disable it, or at last that's what I tough. I don't remember which commands executed or which articles I read. Currently I'm at LM Cinnamon 21.2 (Ubuntu 22.04)
Today, using a debugger for my work, it generates a web service URL like this
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| "webSocketDebuggerUrl": "ws://[::1]:8081/inspector/debug?device=0&page=-1" |
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| ping ipv6 address Address family for hostname not supported |
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| ping6: connect: Network unreachable |