Intermittent network connection problem

[NoOp]

On 12/18/2009 03:22 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
...
>> :-)
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/440179
>> [service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon]
>> 
>> $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
>>  * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
>>             [ OK ]
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Well, Gary, I stand corrected! In 8.04 it works correctly. I hadn't 
> tried it in Karmic and I hope they solve the bug soon.

I only found that by looking for further info on 'services' :-)

> 
> Tom H, I detest the changing correct working programs or scripts without 
> giving a reason. To me it is completely unclear why Debian/Ubuntu has 
> developed invoke-rc.d which is much less intuitive than service which is 
> a much older command (IIRMC we had it already in IRIX) and has worked in 
> all the distributions I have used (besides IRIX in the 90'ies, RH, SuSe, 
> Fedora and now Ubuntu).
> The remark about the environment variables is relevant as some services 
> tend to use the current variables instead of initialising them anew.
> Joep

There was a thread discussing this awhile back; can't recall the exact
one now. But: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ might be an interesting read.
Ah... found it:
"Start stop services controlled by upstart on karmic"
Anyway, here's hoping that Jim got his samba issue sorted out :-)