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On Sunday 30 Aug 2015 08:54:16 Dale wrote: |
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> covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > The biggest reason I shutdown, power failure. I use checkrestart to see |
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> > if/when I need to restart something after doing updates. If for example |
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> > I update something in the @system area, then I just logout of the GUI, |
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> > go to boot runlevel, run checkrestart again to see if that did it and |
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> > then go back to default runlevel. Sometimes, I have to restart |
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> > something by hand instead of rebooting but not to often. Generally just |
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> > going to boot runlevel gets the job done. |
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> > One thing about not rebooting a lot, you use cache a lot which can speed |
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> > some things up a bit. I have 16GBs here and most of the time, it is |
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> > almost all used. How much that helps, I dunno but if it didn't help, |
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> > they wouldn't have it doing it. Another good side, run updates while |
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> > you sleep. |
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> > The only bad side, more wear on things like fans and some extra dust. I |
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> > try to clean my rig at least twice a year or whenever I notice the temps |
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> > a little higher than they should be. Oh, pulls power all the time which |
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> > may not matter much depending on your electricity rates. |
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> > Of course, fixing that connection issue may be a good idea too. ;-) |
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> > hmmm, if you go to boot run level what is the difference between that |
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> > and rebooting? After a major update there are so many things to restart |
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> > that I usually give up and reboot the system, is actually quicker. |
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> Hmmmm, this quoting thing didn't work right again. |
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> For me, it is faster. Also, rebooting can uncover a problem that I |
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> might not know about. I've had a few times where I couldn't reboot for |
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> some unknown reason. Plus, all the common stuff remains in cache. Most |
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> of the time tho, just logging out of a GUI, KDE for me, is enough. |
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> Using checkrestart should tell me exactly what needs to be restarted and |
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> most of the time how. About the only thing I have to restart manually, |
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> udev. It's one thing that has a regular update that doesn't restart |
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> since it is already started before getting to the boot runlevel. |
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> To each his own tho. All of us has our own way of doing things of this |
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> nature and for varying reasons. Some shutdown because electricity is |
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> expensive. For some, that doesn't matter. Some do it to just reduce |
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> noise from the fans etc. One reason I leave mine on all the time is |
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> that I almost always have mine doing something. I have tons of TV shows |
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> and such on here. If I'm not doing something myself, I have it doing |
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> something. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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What do you do if you install a new kernel? You have to reboot then, yes? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |