On newer versions of Ubuntu (fiesty and gutsy) you need a slightly different /etc/event.d/runsvdir:
start on runlevel 2 start on runlevel 3 start on runlevel 4 start on runlevel 5 stop on shutdown respawn exec /usr/sbin/runsvdir-start
On newer versions of Ubuntu (fiesty and gutsy) you need a slightly different /etc/event. d/runsvdir:
start on runlevel 2 runsvdir- start
start on runlevel 3
start on runlevel 4
start on runlevel 5
stop on shutdown
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/