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  Re: And that is why Windows reboots after installs  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 10 Nov 2011 05:02:51
Message: <4ebba14b$1@news.povray.org>
Le 10/11/2011 00:44, Darren New a écrit :
> """
> Although the X video driver and kernel module doesn't get reloaded until
> X restarts, the nvidia opengl libraries get replaced immediately.  We
> don't know the exact details, but we suspect that this version mismatch
> is triggering an X crash under certain conditions.
> """


Usually when I upgrade the nvidia driver, the opengl game stops
displaying anything (well, it's just black everywhere) until I close the
session and restart one.
(as session's exit does in fact restart the X server)

Nevertheless, there is no need to reboot the kernel.


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