Scripts in /etc/rc2.d/ are not executed

Binary package hint: sysvinit

Since a few days/weeks, scripts in /etc/rc2.d/ (the default runlevel with upstart if no /etc/inittab is present) are not executed during the boot process.

I noticed this because cups does not start anymore (see bug #444597), the cpufreq governor is still "performance" (ondemand script not executed), the virtualbox kernel modules are not automatically loaded, etc. Starting all these scripts manually works.

I tried "startpar" and "makefile" for CONCURRENCY but no changes.

$ ll /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1453 2009-10-14 06:51 /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf

$ cat /etc/default/rcS
#
# /etc/default/rcS
#
# Default settings for the scripts in /etc/rcS.d/
#
# For information about these variables see the rcS(5) manual page.
#
# This file belongs to the "initscripts" package.

TMPTIME=0
SULOGIN=no
DELAYLOGIN=no
UTC=yes
VERBOSE=no
FSCKFIX=no
CONCURRENCY=makefile

$ ll /etc/rc2.d/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 677 2009-10-14 06:26 README
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2009-09-05 21:05 S01binfmt-support -> ../init.d/binfmt-support
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-09-05 21:05 S01dkms_autoinstaller -> ../init.d/dkms_autoinstaller
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2009-09-05 21:05 S01openvpn -> ../init.d/openvpn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2009-09-05 21:05 S01speech-dispatcher -> ../init.d/speech-dispatcher
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2009-09-05 21:05 S01virtualbox-ose -> ../init.d/virtualbox-ose
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2009-09-15 19:14 S03acpi-support -> ../init.d/acpi-support
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2009-09-16 08:36 S03cups -> ../init.d/cups
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-09-15 19:14 S03ntp -> ../init.d/ntp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2009-09-15 19:14 S03pulseaudio -> ../init.d/pulseaudio
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-09-15 19:14 S03rsync -> ../init.d/rsync
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-09-15 19:14 S04bluetooth -> ../init.d/bluetooth
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2009-09-16 19:23 S04kerneloops -> ../init.d/kerneloops
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2009-09-16 08:37 S04pppd-dns -> ../init.d/pppd-dns
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-10-11 23:33 S05grub-common -> ../init.d/grub-common
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-10-11 23:14 S05laptop-mode -> ../init.d/laptop-mode
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2009-10-11 23:14 S05ondemand -> ../init.d/ondemand
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2009-10-11 23:14 S05rc.local -> ../init.d/rc.local

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 0085e529b142d05db3fd806c5a9bed9b
CheckboxSystem: 2563af6e36b037fc362c650378170735
Date: Fri Oct 16 22:44:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: bridge stp bnep nls_utf8 isofs option usbserial usb_storage cryptd aes_x86_64 aes_generic snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi arc4 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event ecb snd_seq uinput pcmcia snd_timer iwlagn sbp2 iptable_filter snd_seq_device iwlcore yenta_socket ip_tables snd rsrc_nonstatic mac80211 x_tables soundcore joydev lp nvidia snd_page_alloc thinkpad_acpi pcmcia_core cfg80211 led_class btusb psmouse nvram serio_raw parport dm_raid45 xor usbhid ohci1394 ieee1394 e1000e intel_agp video output
Package: sysv-rc 2.87dsf-4ubuntu10
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44lp446146apw1-generic
SourcePackage: sysvinit
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1514): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1718): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1711): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (gnome-panel:1683): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.2/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window