Bug in subpixel hinting configuration?

[Mateusz Łoskot]

Andrew Conkling wrote:
> On 4/25/06, Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
> 
>>Joe Klemmer wrote:
>>
>>>      Just a side note; you don't need to do all of this rebooting.  Just
>>>logging off of Xfce then logging back on will be enough.
>>
>>Yes, I was almost sure I don't have to reboot. But I was not sure if all
>> fonts/X11 related configuration and cache will refresh. So, I rebooted
>>just to be 100% sure :-).
> 
> 
> Well, at the very most, anything you change in X (e.g. setting
> DisplaySize) will simply require a restart of X.  Since you're on
> Ubuntu, any of the following will work:
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (assuming you are using GDM, of course)
> sudo init 3; sudo init 5 (this basically does the same thing)

I've not known those procedures above. Thanks.

> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will restart X (a good idea to log out first, as
> this is basically like killing a process, i.e. not a clean exit)
> 

Yup, I know it, but I wasn't sure if it will do "full" restart.

> That way, you can be sure, but still not have to restart. ;)

Yup :-)

Thanks
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