I am not certain I understand... I am not familiar with any packages that would modify inittab, so if I'm missing something please let me know.
I just looked and there appear to be no additions to /etc/inittab -- it seems to contain only the "ordinary" sections for default, boot-time, runlevel, ctrl-alt-del, etc. The netatalk package inserted K50netalalk links in /etc/rc0.d, rc1.d and rc6.d, and S50netatalk links in /etc/rc2.d/ rc3.d rc4.d and rc5.d directories, all of which point to ../init.d/netatalk and the permissions on the /etc/init.d/netatalk script are the same as all the other scripts in that directory. I added a few echo lines to the script with a unique message to confirm that it isn't being invoked at all, otherwise it's the default script installed by the package. I am attaching the netatalk script (including my obnoxious echo messages) in case there's something interesting to look for in it. (When I boot my gutsy system none of the echo messages I have inserted appear UNLESS I install the sysvinit package.) please let me know if there's anything else I should look for. ** Attachment added: "netatalk" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14955665/netatalk -- netatalk silently fails to start at boot, manual start OK https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176472 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