"You need to restart the computer" doesn't let you restart the computer

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

jockey-gtk 0.9.2-0ubuntu3, Ubuntu Natty

1. In "Additional Drivers", activate a driver that will require a restart.
2. Wait for the installation to complete.

What happens:
* Text appears saying "You need to restart the computer to activate this driver."

What should happen:
* Text appears saying "You need to restart the computer to activate this driver."
* A "Restart" button appears next to that text.

(This is the sequel to bug 600804. See also bug 570033.)

[Nathan Heafner (nathan1465-5)]

the only thing i dont like about this, is the fact that you have/need to restart. A large benefit to using "non-windows" OS's is not having to restart.

i think the overall issue this papercut attempts to resolve is an actual bug. This would be a band-aid.

[Nathan Heafner (nathan1465-5)]

related threads

http://askubuntu.com/questions/44801/why-does-ubuntu-still-require-restart-after-kernel-updates-when-tools-out-there

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4968/

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Nathan, that is unrelated to this bug. Even if (1) ksplice was forked and maintained for non-Oracle OSes, (2) the Ubuntu kernel team changed their minds about using it by default, and (3) it was finally implemented in Ubuntu, this alert would *still* be necessary for the cases where an update either failed to splice or needed a custom-spliced version that isn't present. And as long as the alert exists, it should let you restart the computer.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Jockey has been superseded by software-properties, which now handles
third-party driver configuration.