All the other scripts were running fine to my knowledge, as the system
was booting up just fine and I wasn't noticing any odd behaviour that
would lead me to believe any of them weren't running as usual.  However,
I'm completely at a loss as to why, but rc.local seems to be running
now.  The test script did run properly, and output "OK" to
/var/log/test, and also now "cat /proc/acpi/video/C098/DOS" produces
"DOS setting: <1>".

I'd like to say that perhaps rc.local was indeed running previously, but
it was running before /proc was created, or some such goofy thing, but I
can't prove it.  I also can't see why creating the test script and
installing it in defaults might fix rc.local -- it doesn't make any
sense.  Sorry I can't be of any further help at the moment.  I plan on
building another box soon though, so I'll install Hardy and put a test
line in rc.local, and if it has problems running it, I'll resume
troubleshooting with you.

For what it's worth, I suspect there may be problems with rc.local
outside of what I'd experienced -- a quick Google search for "hardy
rc.local" turns up this URL:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/rc.local-doesnt-run-
in-hardy-639619/   However, the problem may be with another script not
firing, and thus the bootup never really "completing", even though the X
server starts.

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rc.local script does not run on bootup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226503
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