Intermittent network connection problem

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/18/2009 03:22 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> ...
>>> :-)
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/440179
>>> [service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon]
>>>
>>> $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
>>>  * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
>>>             [ OK ]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Well, Gary, I stand corrected! In 8.04 it works correctly. I hadn't 
>> tried it in Karmic and I hope they solve the bug soon.
> 
> I only found that by looking for further info on 'services' :-)
> 
>> Tom H, I detest the changing correct working programs or scripts without 
>> giving a reason. To me it is completely unclear why Debian/Ubuntu has 
>> developed invoke-rc.d which is much less intuitive than service which is 
>> a much older command (IIRMC we had it already in IRIX) and has worked in 
>> all the distributions I have used (besides IRIX in the 90'ies, RH, SuSe, 
>> Fedora and now Ubuntu).
>> The remark about the environment variables is relevant as some services 
>> tend to use the current variables instead of initialising them anew.
>> Joep
> 
> There was a thread discussing this awhile back; can't recall the exact
> one now. But: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ might be an interesting read.
> Ah... found it:
> "Start stop services controlled by upstart on karmic"
> Anyway, here's hoping that Jim got his samba issue sorted out :-)
> 
> 
> 

I did, thanks to you.

Regards, Jim