-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 06:55:31PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> It never occurred to me to stop KDM while I am in X, because it is the >> service that starts X and I just logically concluded (assumed) that >> shutting down kdm from within X would cause problems. > > Are you confusing KDE with KDM? > My interpretation is that KDM is the display manager, which is the function equivalent to GDM or XDM. Stopping and starting KDM will stop and start X along with it. If you want to get technical, KDE is just a bunch of different programs tied together to form a Destkop Environment. You can mix and match many of the programs and still have a Desktop.
It really doesn't matter how one goes about applying updates, whether they do it inside their WM with synaptic or adept or even a terminal window. However, if one of the updates is something like Xorg, one should be advised not to do it while it is running. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF4UIriXBCVWpc5J4RAjCGAKCjBpyCtmmqhAjdtkp/2N8swoMWkACeMfEr vD+2tBk02PjKWWvp3aoTRbc= =5ZOl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]