“This morning a new kernel was installed, and I thought it strange that I wasn't prompted to restart the computer. However, the on/off button turned red the instant the software center started.”
This bug is still present in Ubuntu 12.04.2. Here the icon turns red only after the software-manager is started, and then still only after a while.
Additional info from duplicate bug 870484:
“This morning a new kernel was installed, and I thought it strange that I wasn't prompted to restart the computer. However, the on/off button turned red the instant the software center started.”
This bug is still present in Ubuntu 12.04.2. Here the icon turns red only after the software-manager is started, and then still only after a while.