I am experiencing the exact same problem (well different services, but the same symptoms). some of the services in rc2 is starting, sometimes all of them sometimes just a few.
Runlevel outputs: runlevel 'unknown' If I change to runlevel 2 by issuing init 2, the services starts. Both tried an updated karmic to lucid and then re-installed with a fresh install from minimal 10.04. -- Upstart not starting jobs on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543506 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs