2018-03-05 23:35 GMT+02:00 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk>: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 22:40:00 +0200, gevisz wrote: > >> Can anybody explain me who loads virtualbox-modules without my consent >> and how I can make them loaded only when I need them (just before I am >> going to run VirtualBox, which I do not so often)? > > The ebuild installs /usr/lib/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf which causes > the modules to be loaded by systemd-modules-load.service. Systemd gives > priority to similarly names files in /etc so creating an > empty /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf should prevent them loading, > although I'm basing that on the man page rather than actual experience.
Thank you for your reply. My system indeed has file /usr/lib/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf file and it indeed lists all virtualbox modules. And, indeed, creating directory /etc/modules-load.d/ and an empty /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf file precludes loading virtualbox moduli during boot The only problem here is that I do not use systemd, only openrc. So, https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VirtualBox is outdated? At least with respect to its OpenRC part. And why at all OpenRC uses the systemd config files? Ah, yes, /etc/init.d/modules-load "loads a list of modules from systemd-compatible locations". Ok. But the problem is that I cannot find any symlink to this file from any subdirectory of /etc/runlevels/ > You could also disable the service if you don't want any > non-hotplugged modules loaded at boot. So, I do not know how to disable this service.
