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

Sat Mar 30 14:45:29 UTC 2013

I'm also still stuck on this problem.
Only way to stop networking that works on 12.04.2 LTS is /etc/init.d/networking.
Restarting networking is also done only by /etc/init.d/networking. 

skomatsu at tokito:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release:        12.04
Codename:       precise

skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53193 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76448766 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2160269 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
ssh stop/waiting
ssh start/running, process 16511
   ...done.

skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30952 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76451045 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2162258 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo restart networking
restart: Unknown instance:
skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo stop networking
stop: Unknown instance:
skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance:
networking stop/waiting

skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo service networking stop
stop: Unknown instance:

skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
 * Deconfiguring network interfaces...
   ...done.

skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30955 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2162760 (2.1 MB)

skomatsu at tokito:~$ sudo start networking
networking stop/waiting

skomatsu at tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
          inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53211 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30967 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:76453324 (76.4 MB)  TX bytes:2164247 (2.1 MB)

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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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