service utility with Ubuntu 10.04 does not work properly when used to restart network

[Tapas Mishra]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Andreas Moog <amoog+uu at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> On 03/13/2011 07:21 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote:
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>> root at tapas:~# service networking restart
>> restart: Unknown instance:
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>> /etc/init.d/networking stop
>>   * Deconfiguring network interfaces...       Ignoring unknown
>> interface eth1=eth1.
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>> It does not work and neither does it start.Is it ia problem with Ubuntu 10.04
>> that service utility does not work properly?
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> No, it's a problem with your interface configuration.
Ok I checked
/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

only above lines are there.