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Re: How much safer is Ubuntu than windows?

__/ [ Hadron Quark ] on Monday 31 July 2006 13:27 \__

> sloblocks <sloblocks@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Roy Schestowitz has brought this to us :
>>> __/ [ Kier ] on Monday 31 July 2006 09:26 \__
>>>
>>>> <Snip />
>>>>
>>>>> ..other than that it's fine.
>>>> At least if it crashed, the wholke OS doesn't go with it. And you
>>>> don't
>>>> have to use firefox, there are plenty of others.
>>
>> It doesn't exactly take the whole OS down, but it often stops Firefox
>> from reloading again until X is restarted (which is as much of a pain
>> as a reboot; just quicker). It also stops whatever media player you
>> have embedded into it from working - generally /that/ requires a
>> reboot.
> 
> Is there no way around this? Sometimes amarok stops playing & I have to
> reboot to get my sound back. A real pain.

Try restarrting the sound server (e.g. arts)

killall HUP artsd && artsd

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