Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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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
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