The root cause of this problem seems to be VMWare Workstation 8/Player.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/sysvinit/+bug/616287/comments/93
The root cause of this problem seems to be VMWare Workstation 8/Player.
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ lucid/+ source/ sysvinit/ +bug/616287/ comments/ 93