I understand that it was once commonplace to do "/etc/init.d/networking restart" but (the latter's Upstart replacement) "sudo restart networking" is deprecated.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098941 Title: "sudo service networking restart" causes the GUI to crash Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop x64 and the Gnome Desktop version of Ubuntu; when you restart the networking via: sudo service networking stop (or restart) the GUI for the entire desktop crashes and you are left either at the cli or the GUI doesn't completely close but any terminal windows left open do not function. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 What I was expecting to happen was for the networking to restart during normal operation of the GUI. What happened instead was that the GUI crashed I am using an ASUS N56VM laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1098941/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp