Ubuntu
restricted-manager package

Drivers which require an X11 restart should say so

Bug #27435 reported by aurynn on 2005-12-21

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	restricted-manager (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Drivers (such as the nvidia/ati accelerated GLX drivers), when loaded using the
Synaptic Package Manager, should indicate that they require a restart to the X
server before working, and,

They Should provide an easy way for the user to do so

be it a link or a button or a popup menu, basically, "In order for this package
to work, we must restart the display system. To do so, click 'ok', or to restart
later, click Cancel."

Restarting the X server to activate the nvidia GLX drivers on the LiveCD was
non-trivial; there was no easy system provided by the install or in any of the
menus, I had to manually kill Xorg.

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Martin Bergner (martin-bergner) wrote on 2006-10-10:

Thanks for your report. Your idea might get more attention and have
the possibility of being implemented if you would submit a
specification for this.

You should first check whether it already exists at the Ubuntu specs
page (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+specs) in Launchpad. If
that is the case, feel free to contact the drafter of that spec about
your comments/suggestions. Otherwise you can start writing a spec
following the steps described in
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureSpecifications.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2007-06-13:

Nevermind a specification for such a small thing, that's way too much bureaucracy.

However, when you enable/disable a video driver, you are already advised to restart your computer (to get the module loading right, etc.). Doesn't that work for you?

Changed in restricted-manager:
status:	Confirmed → Needs Info

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2007-07-26:

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.