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>". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072518 Title: Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1072518/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs