How to avoid rebooting after nVidia driver update?

A mission critical server should not depend on such fragile thing as graphic drivers - especially nvidia. On Manjaro drivers are compiled to match specific kernels and you will only get problems if you take lightly the necessary reload of your system.

Not restarting your system after updating critical components - whether this is kernel, systemd or drivers - is asking for trouble.

If your situation is unavoidable - then schedule your updates to a non critical point in time.

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