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Restart requited after installation of proprietary graphic driver

Asked by Louis

Why is restart requited after installation of proprietary graphic driver?
I have tried to log out and log in again bit the new graphic driver hasn't taken effect and Ubuntu still say that I shall restart.
Why can you just tell the user that he/she shall log out and in again? I don't think that more difficult than restarting.
On Linux systems you (normally) only need to restart when you update your kernel.

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This question was originally filed as bug #231373.

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nglnx (nglnx) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report and subsequently we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

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nglnx (nglnx) said : 		#2

The restart prompt is telling you to reboot the computer. You can do it manually or let the prompt do it for you.

The reboot may be needed due, for instance, due to a new kernel module (like what happens when you use the nvidia proprietary drivers)

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