Comment 12 for bug 1072518

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Bryan Gonzalez (bgonza868) wrote : Re: [Bug 1072518] Re: Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager

Hey, thanks for the tip, but we still need a proper solution. Why is dbus
brought down when networking stop is called?
On Apr 5, 2013 3:41 PM, "Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> If you're looking to restart network-manager, you'll want to do 'sudo
> restart network-manager', not 'sudo restart networking'.
>
> If you're making changes to /etc/network/interfaces, running "ifup -a"
> will usually suffice to apply the changes. (or you can "ifdown
> <interface>", then "ifup <interface>".
>
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> duplicate bug report (1091399).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072518
>
> Title:
> Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager
>
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> The unity UI and windows decorations dissappear when I do one of the
> following:
>
> sudo restart networking
>
> or
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart.
>
> This renders me unable to focus any of the open windows with
> mouse/keyboard, leaving the system unusable. I have to drop to
> terminal (CTRL-ALT-F2) and do a sudo reboot.
>
> I am not sure what parts of the desktop are going down, so I posted
> this bug under ubuntu-desktop. I'd be happy to follow up with more
> information as needed.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.287
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Oct 29 09:45:12 2012
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-20 (8 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64
> (20121017.5)
> MarkForUpload: True
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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