Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot?

2004-11-16 Thread Jay O'Brien
Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: >>I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, >>I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by >>sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. >> >>Is there a way to make such changes take effect without >>rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) > > > Of cou

Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot?

2004-11-16 Thread Eric Kjeldergaard
> I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, > I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by > sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. > > Is there a way to make such changes take effect without > rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Of course there are. Reboots are only

Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot? (resolved)

2004-11-15 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Jay O'Brien wrote: Jay O'Brien wrote: I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. Is there a way to make such changes take effect without rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Matth

Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot? (resolved)

2004-11-14 Thread Jay O'Brien
Jay O'Brien wrote: >> I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, >> I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by >> sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. >> >> Is there a way to make such changes take effect without >> rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Matthew T. Lage

Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot?

2004-11-14 Thread Olivier Nicole
> I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, > I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by > sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. > > Is there a way to make such changes take effect without > rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Maybe you can try to unload the screen s

Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot?

2004-11-14 Thread Matthew T. Lager
You can do a shutdown now to get to single user mode, then execute an exit which will boot back into multi-user mode. All rc scripts will be re-initilized and you won't have to reboot the entire system (be sure to only do this on the console obviously)... . Matt L > I learned that in order to make

How to make configuration changes without a reboot?

2004-11-14 Thread Jay O'Brien
I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. Is there a way to make such changes take effect without rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California, USA