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chrispoole

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 121

[SOLVED] Upgrade xf86-video-intel without reboot?

Is it possible to update my Intel video driver, without rebooting?

Or is it something like a kernel update, where a restart is much simpler? (It's a laptop, I just prefer not to restart if I don't have to.)

Last edited by chrispoole (2009-05-01 10:48:18)

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: [SOLVED] Upgrade xf86-video-intel without reboot?

restart Xorg

chrispoole

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 121

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrade xf86-video-intel without reboot?

I thought that might just be it

Thanks.

lycaeum

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Registered: 2009-04-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Upgrade xf86-video-intel without reboot?

Is it possible to update my Intel video driver, without rebooting?

Or is it something like a kernel update, where a restart is much simpler? (It's a laptop, I just prefer not to restart if I don't have to.)

update it, then logout your user. xorg will be restarted that way and next logon you're already gonna be using the new driver.

Please mark the topic as [SOLVED].

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chrispoole

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 121

Re: [SOLVED] Upgrade xf86-video-intel without reboot?

Is it possible to update my Intel video driver, without rebooting?

Or is it something like a kernel update, where a restart is much simpler? (It's a laptop, I just prefer not to restart if I don't have to.)

update it, then logout your user. xorg will be restarted that way and next logon you're already gonna be using the new driver.

Please mark the topic as [SOLVED].

I did all that a few hours before you replied.