[Bug 440179] Re: service fails to start/stop/restart networking daemon

[asari]

I still have the same problem on Precise:

$ sudo service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance: 
networking stop/waiting


$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release:	12.04
Codename:	precise

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu12 3.2.0-25-generic-pae #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 22:11:24 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ dpkg -l sysvinit\* | grep sysvinit
un  sysvinit       <none>         (no description available)
ii  sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10u System-V-like utilities

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Title:
  service fails to start/stop/restart networking daemon

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: sysvinit-utils

  The 'service' program (in sysvinit-utils) fails to start, stop, or
  restart a daemon, as follows:

  root at lightning:~# service networking restart
  restart: Unknown instance: 

  It should have the same effect as the following:

  root at lightning:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
   * Reconfiguring network interfaces...

  Ubuntu version and kernel version
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu karmic (development branch)"
  Linux lightning 2.6.31-11-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 25 06:37:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
  model name	: VIA Samuel 2
  cpu MHz		: 798.000

  This system was updated earlier today.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct  1 12:28:49 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: sysvinit-utils 2.87dsf-4ubuntu7
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
  SourcePackage: sysvinit
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

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