/etc/init.d/bootmisc starts sysctl at an early stage of the boot process and at that time some keys are not yet available. In my case I had to set net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore=1 but net.ipv4.conf.lo is not available before loopback. I solved this particular issue by adding the same code from bootmisc to local.start: if [ -e /etc/sysctl.conf ] then ebegin "Configuring kernel parameters" /sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf &>/dev/null eend 0 fi Maybe this calls for an extra init script? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. put net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf 2. reboot 3. check "sysctl net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore" Actual Results: root # sysctl net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore = 0 Expected Results: root # sysctl net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore = 1
add said modules to your modules.autoload files or build the drivers into your kernel
