[Bug 1072518] Re: Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager

[swampy1979]

This is also a big problem for me.

Using ubuntu 12.10 i386 and amd64, both fully updated final releases,
both are affected both have very different hardware.

I have gnome-shell installed but it also happens in the unity desktop
too!

I have been unable to simply restart gnome-shell as it either reappears
with no window manager again or locks up trying to start it again.

I have to ultimately reboot the computers to recover, very tedious and
annoying, let me know if I can help with debugging this and finding a
fix.

Cheers Swampy.

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Title:
  Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager

Status in “ubuntu-meta” 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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