FreeBSD 7.0 not executing /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ at startup

[Eric]

Marco Beishuizen wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:07:09 +0200
> Marco Beishuizen <mbeis at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since I upgraded to 7.0, it seams that my /etc/rc.conf isn't read
>> anymore at startup. At least partly. Things that do not start anymore
>> are:
>> - oss
>> - dbus
>> - hald
>> - avahi
>>
>> They are all gnome related. I have in my rc.conf: oss_enable="YES",
>> hald_enable="YES", avahi_daemon_enable="YES and dbus_enable="YES". The
>> gnome FAQ mentiones to put gnome_enable="YES" in the rc.conf but that
>> doesn't work at all.
>>     
>
> After some searching it seems that none of the scripts
> in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ are being executed at startup. All scripts have
> the extension .sh, have permission 755 and in rc.conf I have
> local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d".
>
> I have no clue why they are not being executed.
>
>   
are you changing the kernel security level in your rc.conf file? if so, 
comment it out and reboot. that was an issue i had on a 6.x box recently 
and commenting out the security level change fixed it