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[LUG] Linux Crash Handler

 

On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:33:44AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> 
> Please also note that GNU/Linux does NOT put you into the Windows-esque
> world of continual reboots. You do NOT need to restart your system in
> situations like these. It *may* be worthwhile logging out of
> KDE/Gnome/etc. and logging back in. It *may* be worthwhile restarting X
> at the login greeter (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) if the fault is deeper within
> the Xorg server. At all other times, simply use the scripts in
> /etc/init.d/ to stop and restart the affected service, using sudo or su.
> 
> # /etc/init.d/scriptname restart
> 
> ONLY if you KNOW that the fault is within the kernel itself (not a
> kernel module, use rmmod) or a problem / change to the bootloader (lilo
> or grub) is a reboot required.
> 

Thank you

Henry

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