[PVE-User] Solved proxmox KVM VNC problem / issue

[Robert Fantini]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:23 AM, StalkR <stalkr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Jesper,
>
> Glad to see I'm not the only one to have this problem.
> I don't see any side effect of disabling IPv6 on eth0, since as you
> said IP address is carried by vmbr0.
> So, good finding, thanks!
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> StalkR
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:24, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jdb at comx.dk> wrote:
> > Hi Proxmox users
> >
> > I have (hopefully) identified the problem, with proxmox, where the "Open
> > VNC console" does NOT work for KVM virtual machines, but it works for
> > OpenVZ containers.
> >
> > The problem is related to IPv6 socket bindings, which has been up on the
> > mailing list before see [1] and [2], and via a blog [3].
> >
> > The real cause of the problem is that eth0 gets assigned an IPv6 address
> > automatically (related to its MAC).  The interface eth0 is part of a
> > bridge, and thus must not be assigned any IPs (due to, how the kernel
> > bridge code works, one must use the bridge interface vmbr0).  Somehow
> > the netcat/nc choose to bind to this address and screws up.
> >
> > My solution was to disable IPv6 on eth0
> > via /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/disable_ipv6.  This can be done via the
> > commands:
> >
> >  echo "net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1" > /etc/sysctl.conf
> >  sysctl -p
> >
> > One of the reasons eth0 gets assigned an IPv6, is most likely because,
> > the default install is missing a line in /etc/network/interfaces.  The
> > file should contain:
> >
> >  iface eth0 inet manual
> >
> > This line will propably also solve the issue.
> >
> > System:
> >  Problem found on a freshly installed Proxmox version 1.7
> >
> > Links:
> >  [1] http://pve.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-user/2010-February/001236.html
> >  [2] http://pve.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-user/2010-February/001237.html
> >  [3] http://blog.stalkr.net/2010/02/proxmox-kvm-reach-vnc-in-ipv6.html
> >
> > --
> > Best regards
> >  Jesper Brouer
> >  ComX Networks A/S
> >  Linux Network Kernel Developer
> >  Cand. Scient Datalog / MSc.CS
> >  Author of http://adsl-optimizer.dk
> >  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
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thanks!

but i think this:

echo "net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1" > /etc/sysctl.conf

s/b
echo "net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

note the >> instead of  >
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