/etc/rc.local not running contents on boot

[Admin]

Hi there,

I am finding that the contents of /etc/rc.local are not getting executed 
at reboot time.  I am trying to figure out why.  When I run 
/etc/rc.local as root things run fine.  What is going on here?


username at harmonize-desktop:~$ ls -l /etc/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 549 2009-07-18 00:30 /etc/rc.local
username at harmonize-desktop:~$ ls -l /etc/init.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 788 2009-03-31 02:01 /etc/init.d/rc.local
username at harmonize-desktop:~$


$ cat /etc/rc.local
#!/bin/sh
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

# the Simplifymedia Server going
/usr/bin/killall SimplifyPeer
cd /home/username/simplifymedia
su username ./simplifyserver.sh > ./simplifyserver.sh.log 2>&1

#start streamripping
su username /home/username/bin/stream.grab.sh

# knock daemon
/root/knock-daemon

exit 0


$ cat /etc/init.d/rc.local
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          rc.local
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Run /etc/rc.local if it exist
### END INIT INFO


PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

. /lib/init/vars.sh
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

do_start() {
         if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
                 [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_begin_msg "Running local 
boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
                 /etc/rc.local
                 ES=$?
                 [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg $ES
                 return $ES
         fi
}

case "$1" in
     start)
         do_start
         ;;
     restart|reload|force-reload)
         echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
         exit 3
         ;;
     stop)
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
         exit 3
         ;;
esac