After fixing all my init script symlinks, this problem is gone. Thank you all so much for your help.
Some background information for others who might have my problem: Cause: Installing Vmware Player broke all rc script links. I guess that happened already when still running ubuntu 11.10. See here: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1846324 Solution: For every service with broken symlink I: - deleted it using: update-rc.d -f <servicename> remove - searched for the related package using: dpkg -S /etc/init.d/<servicename> - reconfigured this package using: dpkg-reconfigure <packagename> reconfiguration ran the postinstall script and recreated the now missing symlinks with correct sequence numbers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/963106 Title: NetworkManager causes orphaned inodes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/963106/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs