On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 15:47 -0700, JD wrote: > 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. > > > In this particulary case, why not just an evolution --force-shutdown? This will shutdown evolution-data-server. As simple as that. -- Calin Key fingerprint = 37B8 0DA5 9B2A 8554 FB2B 4145 5DC1 15DD A3EF E857 ================================================= The static electricity routing is acting up... -- 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
