Comment 4 for bug 543506

Boot scripts under /etc/rc2.d seem to be run sometimes and other times not.

I found this problem as /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local was not executed. To verify I added a logger statement (logger "Running rc.local") as the first command in rc.local some weeks ago (I should have filed this bug earlier but applications like apport and launchpad make this a very frustrating experience). Checking /var/log/syslog I find the log entry from rc.local for some boots but not for others.

It is not only rc.local that is not executed. The /etc/rc2.d/S20virtualbox-ose script is also not always run. This becomes blatantly obvious as VirtualBox can't run VMs in those cases and I have to run the virtualbox-ose script manually.

These cases seem to coincide (so both virtualbox-ose and rc.local are either both run or both not run).

This morning rc.local and virtualbox-ose were not run. I ran virtualbox-ose manually later. This is the output of 'initctl list' after about 5 hours of uptime:

alsa-mixer-save stop/waiting
avahi-daemon start/running, process 3403
mountall-net stop/waiting
rc stop/waiting
rpc_pipefs stop/waiting
rsyslog start/running, process 3286
tty4 start/running, process 3506
udev start/running, process 2903
upstart-udev-bridge start/running, process 2883
ureadahead-other stop/waiting
apport stop/waiting
console-setup stop/waiting
hwclock-save stop/waiting
irqbalance stop/waiting
plymouth-log stop/waiting
tty5 start/running, process 3509
statd start/running, process 3454
atd start/running, process 3526
dbus start/running, process 3375
failsafe-x stop/waiting
plymouth stop/waiting
portmap start/running, process 3415
ssh start/running, process 3313
control-alt-delete stop/waiting
hwclock stop/waiting
network-manager start/running, process 3453
module-init-tools stop/waiting
bridge-network-interface (vboxnet0) start/running
bridge-network-interface (lo) start/running
bridge-network-interface (eth0) start/running
bridge-network-interface (wlan0) start/running
cron start/running, process 3527
gdm start/running, process 3579
mountall stop/waiting
acpid start/running, process 3522
plymouth-stop start/running
rcS stop/waiting
ufw start/running
mounted-varrun stop/waiting
rc-sysinit stop/waiting
anacron stop/waiting
tty2 start/running, process 3515
udevtrigger stop/waiting
mounted-dev stop/waiting
tty3 start/running, process 3516
udev-finish stop/waiting
hostname stop/waiting
mountall-reboot stop/waiting
gssd stop/waiting
mountall-shell stop/waiting
mounted-tmp stop/waiting
network-interface (vboxnet0) start/running
network-interface (lo) start/running
network-interface (eth0) start/running
network-interface (wlan0) start/running
plymouth-splash stop/waiting
tty1 start/running, process 3920
udevmonitor stop/waiting
dmesg stop/waiting
network-interface-security start/running
networking stop/waiting
procps stop/waiting
tty6 start/running, process 3518
idmapd stop/waiting
ureadahead stop/waiting

Let me know if you need more info.