Starting networking without init.d?

[don fisher]

Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:40 PM, don fisher <hdf3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Is there documentation that indicates how the functions that existed in
>> /etc/init.d are to be performed. Such as starting and stopping networking?
>>
>> I would like to understand how the new system works. Most of the
>> documentation links took me to a 404 page not found link.
> 
> The /etc/init.d files that have been migrated to upstart have been
> moved to /etc/init and replaced by a symlink in /etc/init.d to
> /lib(init/upstart-job.
> 
> You can start/stop /etc/init.d scripts with invoke-rc.d or service and
> /etc/init scripts with initctl (or the start and stop symlinks to it)
> or service.
> 
> (By the way, if you are using NM, you will have to stop and start
> networking using network-manager and not networking.)
> 

I am not using NM. I was trying to understand if that is why my upgraded 
system claims network not available. I gave up on NM and currently use 
wicd to select network links.

Do you have any other ideas on what the omission of NM may cause?

Thanks