What command do you use to "manually start"?
You can try changing your script to see what is happening:
or for more debugging try:Code:/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start >> /var/log/nfsstate-watchdog.log 2>&1
Code:/bin/sh -x /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start >> /var/log/nfsstate-watchdog.log 2>&1