[Gllug] Erratic Mouse Behaviour

Nix nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Wed Dec 5 23:18:36 UTC 2001


On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Pete Ryland yowled:
> <rant>
> For future reference, you may find it easier not to reinstall after such a
> minor hardware change.  Reinstallation (and rebooting for that matter) is
> almost never necessary with linux.

It's *never* necessary. (Sometimes, it's a good idea; the libc5 -> glibc
transition, for instance, which otherwise required eventually
recompiling every binary on the system.)

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     --- Alim Razim, for the Northern Alliance, demonstrating fine
         command of traditional Afghan prisoner control techniques.

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