On 08/31/2010 03:17 PM, Andre Costa wrote: > Latest F13 upgrades include two packages that "require" a restart: > evolution-data-server and GtkHTML. > > ... ?! Is it really necessary to *reboot* because two desktop > components have been upgraded? Shouldn't a logout/login be enough? > This sounds like overkill, specially if you're the only one using the > computer (i.e. there are no other users using those libraries/services > besides you -- *if* you're using them). I don't even use Evolution! > > Isn't there any more clever way of determining if a reboot is really > necessary? Or maybe at least the message should be less "demanding", I > don't know... it really seems unneeded. > > I used to be proud of Linux only needing a reboot when the kernel (or > some key component) was upgraded. This is sadly feeling like "those > good old times" :-( > > Regards, > > Andre It was bound to happen. Way too many daemons are running linked with libraries that just got updated. That said, I think that unless you want to boot with the updated kernel, you can get away with just doing; sudo init 1 Once you are in the single user shell, issue init 5 This will at least get you running the the latest apps and libs while staying with the currently booted kernel. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
