[systemd-devel] Presentation was a success

Cecil Westerhof Cecil.Westerhof at Snow.nl
Fri Dec 6 06:56:38 PST 2013


On 12/06/2013 03:45 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>>>> /etc/modules-load.d/ *adds* modules otherwise not loaded
>>>>> by the kernel and they are loaded at boot
>>>>
>>>> Strange I thought that I used this to have the loop module loaded when starting truecrypt
>>>> and unloaded when stopping truecrypt. I have to check this out
>>>
>>> no, it is to have the module loaded when truecrypt is installed and stop try
>>> to load it at boot after it is uninstalled, there is not much to checkout
>>> because the syntax of the file even in theory has no connection to a running
>>> process and so it can't work this way
>>>
>>> additionally it would be wrong because unload kernel modules is not
>>> always a good idea - better said: it is rarely a good idea if not
>>> done by hand for a reason
>> I made a screencast some time ago. The part from 09:10 to 12:10 shows this happening. (loading and unloading when
>> truecrypt is started and quit)
>
> does not change the fact that /etc/modules-load.d/ loads at boot
> and is not involved in unload modules

Then something very strange happened there. It was not loaded at boot. 
It was loaded when truecrypt was started and it was unloaded when 
truecrypt exited. En this happened after I put loop into 
/etc/modules-load.d/truecrypt.conf.


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