Comment 30 for bug 1072518

Originally reported by tbys on 2012-10-29:

Issuing:

sudo restart networking

or

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

causes dbus to shutdown, bringing down the desktop manager and does not restart gracefully. Renders the UX useless and forces user to drop to tty1 to fix.

This bug is discussed at length in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1072518
But the above summary accurately describes the problem.

Reporting to dbus devs as no relevant bug was found in this bugzilla and is assumed that this is the first notification.

As of yet, it is unknown what party is responsible for correcting the problem, but 119 users have reported being affected by this bug. Ubuntu devs have remained quiet thus far. We the users, would appreciate any guidance and would whole-heartedly appreciate a solution.