Can somebody reproduce this on a more current release of Ubuntu? rc.local is run as part of the sysvinit compatibility mode handling of runlevel 2, so I don't really see how it would kill off any processes.
** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332210 Title: since an upgrade to jaunty the rc.local is not loaded at startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/332210/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs