[Bug 1072518] Re: Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

gnome-settings-daemon indeed crashes in that case, which breaks a load
of things, including the desktop manager in general.

The reason for this is that when you restart the networking job, it
kills off the system dbus bus, which brings down quite a lot of stuff
with it.

** Package changed: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings-daemon
(Ubuntu)

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The unity UI and windows decorations dissappear when I do one of the
  following:

  sudo restart networking

  or

  sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart.

  This renders me unable to focus any of the open windows with
  mouse/keyboard, leaving the system unusable. I have to drop to
  terminal (CTRL-ALT-F2) and do a sudo reboot.

  I am not sure what parts of the desktop are going down, so I posted
  this bug under ubuntu-desktop. I'd be happy to follow up with more
  information as needed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.287
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct 29 09:45:12 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-20 (8 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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