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You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« on: April 20, 2012, 10:47:32 PM »
Just a tip that I have learned.

PCLinuxOS is in my opinion, pretty bullet proof.

That is to say that update after update I never have a problem and almost never reboot the box. It remains stable, and always works.

In time, you forget about reboots. You never have to do them and as a result, you never think about them.

On the rare occasion that something doesn't work however, e.g. an app. don't start or something hangs and has to be killed. A new graphics issue pops up or just anything out of the ordinary starts happening, remember to try rebooting the machine.

I know, it's a basic first step in correcting these little issues but I have seen people screw things up for real, trying to fix a problem that would have corrected itself with a simple reboot. 

Tip: Your first step should be to reboot the box. I have seen time and again that this will fix a strange problem on an updated install almost always  ;) ;D 



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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2012, 01:22:26 AM »
Tech support rule #1:

Turn it off and on again ;D

or

" reboot makes everything good! "
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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2012, 08:52:40 AM »
Tech Support Rule #2,  If rule #1 didn't work, take a stiff drink before going on to Rule #3. ;D

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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2012, 09:15:37 AM »
Rudge:
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Tip: Your first step should be to reboot the box. I have seen time and again that this will fix a strange problem on an updated install almost always   ;)  ;D

Booting, and Re-Booting your Computer puts your Hardware through it's most vigorous workload.
It makes sense to not do so too often.
I have to admit as you say Rudge, step one with any quirky behaviour is a Re-Boot.
Sometimes just logging out does the trick,... I've found there's a few problems which I encounter from time to time that after trying to fix initially ages ago, I've learnt to just Reboot.

Good Tip, thanks  :)


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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2012, 11:53:22 AM »
Tech support rule #1:

Turn it off and on again ;D

or

" reboot makes everything good! "

That is the Windows tech support rule #1. Linux (and Unix) administrators have always taken pride in only rebooting after installing a new kernel. (If then.)
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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2012, 12:18:48 PM »
Gosh I am always the last one to be notified of doing reboots  :o

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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2012, 12:30:22 PM »
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"How do you power off this machine?"
(Linus, when upgrading linux.cs.helsinki.fi, and after using the machine for several months.)

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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2012, 12:39:32 PM »
Tech support rule #1:

Turn it off and on again ;D

or

" reboot makes everything good! "

That is the Windows tech support rule #1. Linux (and Unix) administrators have always taken pride in only rebooting after installing a new kernel. (If then.)


You're right, this does not apply so much here as it does for Windblows.

Every time I have to deal with our IT guy at work, I tell him the shortest joke about IT guys:

"Gimme a minute!" ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2012, 12:45:07 PM »

For desktop Linux, especially in a rolling release, there are certain updates that require a reboot a Kernel upgrade is one, a toolchain and udev updates are another two that come to mind where a reboot would be reccomended

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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2012, 12:48:24 PM »
For desktop Linux, especially in a rolling release, there are certain updates that require a reboot a Kernel upgrade is one, a toolchain and udev updates are another two that come to mind where a reboot would be reccomended

Jase.

And a big KDE release....  ;)

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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2012, 01:06:14 PM »
For desktop Linux, especially in a rolling release, there are certain updates that require a reboot a Kernel upgrade is one, a toolchain and udev updates are another two that come to mind where a reboot would be reccomended

Jase.

And a big KDE release....  ;)

After a big KDE upgrade logging out and logging in again is usually enough (and bad enough). But of course new KDE users should reboot....
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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2012, 09:10:30 AM »
I have to admit; I turn my Monitor off  ;D  
It's a $5 CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor I bought years ago, and I want to get my money's worth out of it  ;)
Or I'll set it to 'Screen Energy Saving'.
Really just because of the heat it generates, gets a bit sweaty in Summer. ;)
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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2012, 10:08:52 AM »
Mike's rules,,#1, log out and log in, Result= problem fixed....DE was likely cause..
                    #2, if #1 fails, re-boot............if #2 fails, PM- O-P  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2012, 10:50:03 AM »
Mike's rules,,#1, log out and log in, Result= problem fixed....DE was likely cause..
                    #2, if #1 fails, re-boot............if #2 fails, PM- O-P  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


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Re: You Never Have To Reboot? Think Again.
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2012, 12:00:46 PM »
For desktop Linux, especially in a rolling release, there are certain updates that require a reboot a Kernel upgrade is one, a toolchain and udev updates are another two that come to mind where a reboot would be reccomended

Jase.

And a big KDE release....  ;)

Guess a DBus update also.  ;)

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