I am also still having this issue as well:
$ 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
$ dpkg -l sysvinit\* | grep sysvinit un sysvinit <none> (no description available) ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1 System-V-like utilities
I am also still having this issue as well:
$ 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
$ dpkg -l sysvinit\* | grep sysvinit 13.10ubuntu11. 1 System-V-like utilities
un sysvinit <none> (no description available)
ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-