Comment 11 for bug 592114

I have similar problem with 32bit kubuntu lucid: cron doesn't running after reboot

sudo service cron status
cron stop/waiting

chkconfig:

acpi-support off
acpid off
alsa-mixer-save off
anacron off
apparmor on
apport off
atd off
avahi-daemon off
binfmt-support on
bluetooth off
bootlogd off
brltty on
casper 0
console-setup off
cron 012345S
cryptdisks 0
cryptdisks-early 0
cryptdisks-enable off
cryptdisks-udev off
cups on
dbus off
dmesg off
dns-clean on
ecryptfs-utils-restore off
ecryptfs-utils-save off
failsafe-x off
fancontrol on
grub-common on
hddtemp on
hostname off
hwclock off
hwclock-save off
irqbalance off
joystick on
kdm off
kerneloops on
killprocs on
lm-sensors on
module-init-tools off
network-interface off
network-interface-security off
network-manager off
networking 0
ondemand on
pcmciautils on
plymouth off
plymouth-log off
plymouth-splash off
plymouth-stop off
polipo on
pppd-dns on
privoxy off
procps off
rc.local on
rcS off
rsync off
rsyslog off
saned off
screen-cleanup on
sendsigs 0
stop-bootlogd off
stop-bootlogd-single off
timidity off
tor off
ubiquity off
udev off
udev-finish off
udevmonitor off
udevtrigger off
ufw off
umountfs 0
umountnfs.sh 0
umountroot 0
unattended-upgrades 0
urandom 0S
winbind on
wpa-ifupdown 0
x11-common on