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

[Tapas Mishra]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
>> [...]
>>> /etc/init.d/networking stop
>>>   * Deconfiguring network interfaces...       Ignoring unknown
>>> interface eth1=eth1.
>>
>>> It does not work and neither does it start.Is it ia problem with Ubuntu 10.04
>>> that service utility does not work properly?
>>
>> 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.
>


It appears the Network Manager Gnome does not lets you function properly.
http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-users/2009-11/msg03490.html