modutils is used only by 2.4 kernels. mostlikely you have a 2.6 kernel
and you using module-init-tools that uses /etc/modprobe.d/ as
configuration directory.
You need to edit _also_ /etc/modprobe.d/aliases too and run update-modules.
Check that /etc/modules.conf is update properly.
This is the standard procedure. but that's not enough.
Apparently there is another bug somewhere between the kernel and
module-init-tools that even if you ban ipv6 will still allow some
applications to trigger the load of the module.
Personally i don't remember if this is the normal behavior or not.
ntpdate is the first one in the boot process that shows this behavior,
but there are others.
so a simple workaround is to rename or remove the ipv6 module from
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/ipv6/ipv6.ko.
FYI: This will spawn an extra error message during the boot process.
For reference
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443
Fabio
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