[ubuntu-uk] Xorg problem using too much CPU

[Tony Arnold]

Mark,

On 20/07/10 09:32, ByteSoup wrote:

> I posted this question on launchpad, I did get a post regarding a
> bleeding edge driver, but this is my work machine and I didnt really
> want to try that unless as a last resort. What I wanted to know is how
> to effectively reset the xserver and restart it without having to resort
> to reboot.

In 10.04 you can do:

sudo restart gdm

Previosu version you can do:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Regards,
Tony.
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