Reuben, it's not obvious in the init script but the proper place is /etc/default/tomcat6 which includes a JAVA_OPT line, which actually clobber the one in the init script due to the "if -z JAVA_OPT". This actually bit me recently due to a tomcat update.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706570 Title: JAVA_OPTS defined in /etc/init.d/tomcat6 do not propagate to startup -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs