I feel it's important to add that the very last comment (Stanley Sisneros (stanley-sisneros) wrote on 2018-05-30) is wrong, and the right workaround is by Tomasz Konefal (twkonefal-j) wrote on 2018-05-07.
That is, add this to crontab: @reboot root sleep 5 && sysctl --system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50093 Title: Some sysctls are ignored on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/50093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs