[mythtvnz] having trouble setting up tv_grab_nz-py

[Ross and Jemima Knudsen]

On 31/10/2010 11:00 a.m., James Styles wrote:
>
> Ok ive made some progress, i think its an ipv6 problem its very similar
> to a problem i had in firefox on another machine i had to disable ipv6
> to get it to load pages.
> So on my mythbox when i ping http://nzepg.org  it must open a temporary
> connection or remember the routing for a set time or something like that
> because tv_grab_nz-py works for a few minutes then stops working until
> you ping it again.
> So i thought is ipv6 is causing the problem then i will just disabled it
> like i did in firefox so i disableded ipv6 settings in ubuntu and restarted.
> Now tv_grab_nz-py wont work at all, so now i need to set up a ipv6
> tunnel or something like that then i hope it might work, unless someone
> else can think of a better solution.
>
> Thanks for your help so far.
>
> James Styles
>
I've had issues with new releases of Ubuntu for the last couple of 
iterations with ipv6.  My problems seem to relate to my modem not being 
able to handle dns requests to AAAA addresses (ipv6 addresses).  If your 
issue is similar you could run your own DNS server and see if that 
helps.   HTH