Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:31:13 -0600 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Cc: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot? Message-ID: <d9175cad04111608317a2287c8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41982C89.9090600@att.net> References: <41982C89.9090600@att.net>
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> I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, > I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by > sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. > > Is there a way to make such changes take effect without > rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Of course there are. Reboots are only really necessary for switching kernels. Unfortunately, this often takes a bit more knowledge. In the case of screensavers, a combination of kldload (to load the desired screensaver) and vidcontrol (to set timeouts and such). man kldload and man vidcontrol should get you going on this. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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