Public bug reported: Doing "service dbus restart" does fail, because the pid file in /var/run/dbus/pid is not removed before starting.
Doing service dbus stop && rm/var/run/dbus/pid && service dbus start does succeed. I would expect restart do work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: dbus 1.4.14-1ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.2.5-030205-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Feb 14 11:29:56 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64+mac (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: dbus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (120 days ago) ** Affects: dbus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931980 Title: dbus restart fails because of stale pid file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/931980/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs