Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:36:32 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Cc: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot? (resolved) Message-ID: <4198DB10.6080101@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <41985058.7030304@att.net> References: <41985058.7030304@att.net>
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Jay O'Brien wrote: >Jay O'Brien wrote: > > >>>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) >>> >>> > >Matthew T. Lager wrote: > > >>You can do a shutdown now to get to single user mode, then >>execute an exit which will boot back into multi-user mode. >>All rc scripts will be re-initilized and you won't have to >>reboot the entire system (be sure to only do this on the >>console obviously)... >> >> > >Olivier Nicole wrote: > > >>Maybe you can try to unload the screen saver module and >>reload it, look at kldload(8), kldstat(8) and kldunload(8) >> >> > >Matt, Oliver: > >Thanks! I found that the shutdown/exit worked fine for changing >the blanktime, but it wouldn't change the logo unless the logo >was first unloaded using first kldstat and then kldunload. I >needed guidance from both of you, thanks very much! > >Jay O'Brien > > Day late and a dollar short here, I imagine, but let's not forget that in some instances, you have make targets for restarts and that ilk; you can also in many instances give a HUP signal... Whether or not that would have helped Jay with his screensaver, I dunno. Kevin Kinsey
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