2009/2/16 Lars Wirzenius <[email protected]>: > ma, 2009-02-16 kello 11:51 +0000, Odysseus Flappington kirjoitti: >> One trick I've used quite a few times, was to test to see if the >> nvidia restricted drivers would work on a machine before installing by >> doing the following: >> >> 1) booting a live cd >> 2) installing the restricted drivers >> 3) pressing ctrl+alt+backspace to load them >> >> Will this be possible in 9.04 without CAB? > > It is always possible to restart the X server without > Control-Alt-Backspace. For example, you can reboot the machine by using > the power or reset buttions. > > If you find Control-Alt-Backspace to be more convenient to you, can > enable it even in jaunty. > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
I'm just kinda asking how to restart X without rebooting the computer, so that I can test nvidia drivers in a live cd session.. I take it there must be a way from the command-line.. Oliver suggested logging out and back in again.. hopefully that'll actually reload the gfx drivers. Alex -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
