[KDE] How to restart KWin/Mutter after upgrading Pipewire

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silverqx · Post by **silverqx** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:28 am

After upgrading media-video/pipewire it prints something like

* Messages for package media-video/pipewire-1.2.5:
* Log file: /var/log/portage/build/media-video/pipewire-1.2.5:20241012-111347.log.gz

* Please restart KWin/Mutter after upgrading PipeWire.

How to do that?

Post by **asturm** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:32 am

Log out and log in.

silverqx · Post by **silverqx** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:33 am

But without restarting or logging out, thats exactly what I want to avoid, is it possible?

logrusx · Post by **logrusx** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:18 pm

silverqx · Post by **silverqx** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:27 pm

Thx for asap reply.

Post by **Chiitoo** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:12 pm

With regards to KWin, you /can/ do

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kwin_x11 --replace

to restart KWin without logging out, but I suspect it might not be enough for this purpose (I'm not that familiar with pipewire and the likes).

logrusx · Post by **logrusx** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:19 pm

That does not work under Wayland.

The same applies for running the r command from Gnome.

Best Regards,
Georgi