I was able to get qcontrold to start properly with the following: tim@mars:~$ sudo apt-get install insserv tim@mars:~$ sudo insserv qcontrold,start=S,2,3,4,5
I suspect that systemd-sysv-generator behaves differently than System V, as the generated unit file for qcontrold (in /run/systemd/generator.late) is not symlinked to any targets. I can help with the transition to unit files if you want? Regards, Tim Kent