I'm having the exact same problem as jollyroger and Daniel, and it was maddening to debug.
This bug's been filed since 2006 and it's still not fixed? Anyone who uses KVM in a bridged configuration is probably affected by it. At least make a note of it in the procps or upstart documentation so that users don't pull their hair out trying to figure out why sysctl.d conf files are being (silently) ignored. -- Some sysctl's are ignored on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50093 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