/etc/rc.local does not run at boot

[Tom H]

> How can I force /etc/init.d to run /etc/rc.local when my 8.04 LTS
> machine boots?

> The only way /etc/rc.local runs is if I _manually_ run it as root with
> /etc/rc.local.

> I think it may be something in /etc/init.d/rc.local which is unchanged
> from the installation of 8.04 LTS.

> ls -l /etc/init.d/rc.local
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 522 2009-01-23 09:01 /etc/init.d/rc.local

> do_start() {
>         if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
>                 log_begin_msg "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
>                 /etc/rc.local
>                 log_end_msg $?
>         fi
> }

The only check that /etc/init.d/rc.local makes is whether
/etc/rc.local is executable.

Since you can run it after boot, it must be.

Do you have symbolic links to /etc/init.d/rc.local in /etc/rcX.d?

What is the output of
find /etc -name *rc\.local -print0 ¦ xargs -0 ls -l