I still have the same problem on Precise:
$ sudo service networking restart stop: Unknown instance: networking stop/waiting
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise
$ uname -a Linux ubuntu12 3.2.0-25-generic-pae #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 22:11:24 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ dpkg -l sysvinit\* | grep sysvinit un sysvinit <none> (no description available) ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10u System-V-like utilities
I still have the same problem on Precise:
$ sudo service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance:
networking stop/waiting
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
$ uname -a generic- pae #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 22:11:24 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Linux ubuntu12 3.2.0-25-
$ dpkg -l sysvinit\* | grep sysvinit
un sysvinit <none> (no description available)
ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10u System-V-like utilities