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[Bug 1346355] Re: 14.04 power-cog does not turn red when restart is needed

 

** Description changed:

+ Bug = the restart-popup-dialog that sometimes occurs after a system-
+ update should only run once. If the user declines to reboot from the
+ popup, then the power-cog should turn red until reboot occurs. Repeated
+ popups asking to reboot should not occur.
+ 
  In ubuntu 12.04 the power-cog turned red when a reboot/restart was
  needed. This was a helpful feature because it informed users that they
  needed to restart the computer. But this helpful indicator is gone in
  14.04 and it has resulted in me never remembering to restart my computer
  because there is no helpful feedback from ubuntu that a restart is
  needed.
  
  In 14.04, I will perform an update and a popup tells me a Restart is
  needed but I usually select to restart-later because I am in the middle
  of working. By the the time I am done working I have forgotten that a
  restart is needed. Later when I am working again a popup occurs
  informing me that a restart is needed (but again I am in the middle of
  working so I don't restart). Bottom line: when the power-cog turned red,
  it reminded me that I needed to restart the computer. When I finished my
  work I look up and see the red power-cog and "Oh yeah, I need to
  restart. Now is a good time." In 14.04 this doesn't happen. Instead I'm
  perpetually bugged by a popup (which is useless because it's never a
  good time to restart when it pops up). The red power-cog was a much
  BETTER design choice.
  
  The removal of the power-cog turning red has negatively affected the
  management of ubuntu updates and it should be fixed so that it behaves
  like 12.04.

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Title:
  14.04 power-cog does not turn red when restart is needed

Status in The Session Menu:
  Invalid
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Bug = the restart-popup-dialog that sometimes occurs after a system-
  update should only run once. If the user declines to reboot from the
  popup, then the power-cog should turn red until reboot occurs.
  Repeated popups asking to reboot should not occur.

  In ubuntu 12.04 the power-cog turned red when a reboot/restart was
  needed. This was a helpful feature because it informed users that they
  needed to restart the computer. But this helpful indicator is gone in
  14.04 and it has resulted in me never remembering to restart my
  computer because there is no helpful feedback from ubuntu that a
  restart is needed.

  In 14.04, I will perform an update and a popup tells me a Restart is
  needed but I usually select to restart-later because I am in the
  middle of working. By the the time I am done working I have forgotten
  that a restart is needed. Later when I am working again a popup occurs
  informing me that a restart is needed (but again I am in the middle of
  working so I don't restart). Bottom line: when the power-cog turned
  red, it reminded me that I needed to restart the computer. When I
  finished my work I look up and see the red power-cog and "Oh yeah, I
  need to restart. Now is a good time." In 14.04 this doesn't happen.
  Instead I'm perpetually bugged by a popup (which is useless because
  it's never a good time to restart when it pops up). The red power-cog
  was a much BETTER design choice.

  The removal of the power-cog turning red has negatively affected the
  management of ubuntu updates and it should be fixed so that it behaves
  like 12.04.

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