gnu linux update question

[Joe Zeff]

On 06/28/2011 08:59 AM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> Could someone explain how reboots are not needed in Linux for updates to
> _take_, given the evidence to the contrary.

If I'm not mistaken (and I could be) mesa is part of the graphics 
subsystem.  If so, simply suspending your computer and coming back would 
not unload the old version and load the new.  Logging out and back in, 
however, would.