Restarting Xserver from cli

[Eberhard Roloff]

David Curtis wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:51:55 -0400
> Justin <eqisow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> To be fair, that would restart pulse, no?
> 
> I don't know, why don't you try it? ;)
> 
> Seriously, I use Xubuntu which does not have pulseaudio. I can say without reservation C-A-B has no effect on alsa. So I would assume that pulse being part of the linux audio sub-system does not stop/start with gdm/xorg. But you know what they say about assuming.
> 
> The whole point of my example was that a newb was instructed to use C-A-B without knowing to shutdown all her apps, possibly losing data. Not to mention the idiot that instructed her to do so probably knew as much about Ubuntu/Linux as someone who thinks that rebooting or re-installing is going magically fix a problem. People who come to this list or to IRC for help and know nothing will probably do anything they're told with possible disastrous consequences for them, for the list's/channel's reputation and for the reputation of Ubuntu. 
> 
> To me, removing C-A-B to limit this issue, is a sound decision.  
I fully agree. It does not harm to anybody and potentially saves some 
people's lifes...

However imho it is definitely false to ask a newbie not to think on his own.

They will have to, if they want to master Linux.

Eberhard