Relogin or restarts required

[ccapon]

In my Gnome session, a message box pops up on a regular basis.


Relogin or restarts required!
Your session is running obsolete binaries or libraries as listed below.
Please consider a relogin or restart of the affected processes!


It pops up regardless of whether my system is up-to-date, whether it was rebooted.
A new one shows up every hour and they stack until acknowledged.

Can anyone tell me what software is responsible for the message or some way to shut it off?

Thanks.

[milomak]

if you run another de, this does not happen?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Can we please see the output of

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apt-cache policy

Thanks!

[ccapon]

$ sudo apt-cache policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=buster,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/non-free amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=buster,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64
origin ftp.debian.org
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=buster,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/contrib amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=buster,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
origin ftp.debian.org
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=buster,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=buster,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/non-free i386 Packages
release v=9.5,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/non-free amd64 Packages
release v=9.5,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/contrib i386 Packages
release v=9.5,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/contrib amd64 Packages
release v=9.5,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 Packages
release v=9.5,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages
release v=9.5,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free i386 Packages
release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free,b=i386
origin security.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free,b=amd64
origin security.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib i386 Packages
release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib,b=i386
origin security.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib,b=amd64
origin security.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main i386 Packages
release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=i386
origin security.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main amd64 Packages
release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=amd64
origin security.debian.org
500 file:/home/cc/Download/deb ./ Packages
release c=
Pinned packages:
cc@ccvm:~$

[bw123]

Mixing stable and testing isn't the best way, most people will tell you not to do it. It's better to run either stable or testing. There are a couple links you can read about it.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?&t=114130

The FAQ has more info.
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... .html#s3.1

I don't know how to fix it. Some people might say go ahead and fully switch to testing, some would say reinstall with stable. Whichever you decide, back up any important data right away.

[debiman]

[ccapon]

So, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me which software is producing the message? If I knew that, maybe I could track down why it thinks the system is running out-of-date binaries.

[GarryRicketson]

No,
You don't even tell us , is your PC i386 or AMD64, ?
It is not a specific package or piece of software, You have packages from Debian stable, Debian testing, and then some are for i386, others are for Amd64,... I think you need to try to copy any data / files that are important to you, and then re-install a clean system, that is the correct architecture . i386, or amd64, and ONLY use packages for your architecture. Read some of the documentation in the links shown in the previous posts.
This might be enlightening: Repo mix-and-match hit parade

[milomak]

if you run another de, this does not happen?

you have not even answered this.

if you install lxde/xfce/mate do you have the same problem?

[qwerty2.0]

These messages are from the needrestart package.
You can simply purge the package, and you should stop getting these messages.

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sudo apt-get purge needrestart

In my case, I accidentally pulled in this package when I installed the docker.io dpkg.
The docker docs explicitly say not to do this, but I just wanted to see what would happen.
I started getting those messages everytime my system ran an unattended-upgrade.

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ronny@pluto:~/vm/bionic64$ sudo apt-cache policy needrestart
needrestart:
  Installed: 3.4-1
  Candidate: 3.4-1
  Version table:
 *** 3.4-1 500
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ronny@pluto:~/vm/bionic64$ sudo apt-cache rdepends needrestart
needrestart
Reverse Depends:
  docker.io
  unattended-upgrades
  needrestart-session
  apt-dater-host
  parl-desktop
  design-desktop
  aptitude-robot

[ccapon]

Thanks @qwerty2.0. Removing the needrestart package fixed the problem. Much appreciated!

[theblueplll]

Thanks @qwerty2.0. Removing the needrestart package fixed the problem. Much appreciated!

Actually you didn't "fix the problem" you just hid it from yourself.

It's still there but you told the OS not to tell you anymore.

[4D696B65]

Thanks @qwerty2.0. Removing the needrestart package fixed the problem. Much appreciated!

Actually you didn't "fix the problem" you just hid it from yourself.

It's still there but you told the OS not to tell you anymore.

Install debian-goodies and run the command line program checkrestart. You may be surprised what needs a reboot.
https://packages.debian.org/buster/debian-goodies