I performed a shutdown and then did a new boot. I then logged into a GNOME session and ran the following in GNOME Terminal. Note that the uCode/Intel messages are not relevant on this system as it is running an AMD Phenom II X3 720 Processor.
$ sudo needrestart -v [main] eval /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf [main] needrestart v3.4 [main] running in root mode [Core] Using UI 'NeedRestart::UI::stdio'... [main] systemd detected [Core] #594 is a NeedRestart::Interp::Python [Python] #594: source=/usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended- upgrade-shutdown [main] #647 uses deleted /tmp/.gle3yOsb [main] #647 is a child of #627 [main] #1707 uses deleted /tmp/.gltbm28T [main] #1707 is a child of #1635 [main] #627 exe => /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary [main] #627 unexpected cgroup '/user.slice/user-117.slice/session- c1.scope' [main] trying systemctl status [main] #627 running /etc/needrestart/hook.d/10-dpkg [main] #627 package: gnome-session-bin [main] #627 running /etc/needrestart/hook.d/20-rpm [main] #627 running /etc/needrestart/hook.d/90-none [main] #1635 exe => /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary [main] #1635 part of user session: uid=1000 sess=2 Failed to load NeedRestart::uCode::Intel: [uCode/Intel] iucode-tool not available! [ucode] no supported processor microcode detection [Kernel] Linux: kernel release 4.19.0-4-amd64, kernel version #1 SMP Debian 4.19.28-2 (2019-03-15) [Kernel/Linux] /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-4-amd64 => 4.19.0-4-amd64 ( debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) #1 SMP Debian 4.19.28-2 (2019-03-15) [4.19.0-4-amd64]* [Kernel/Linux] /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-2-amd64 => 4.19.0-2-amd64 ( debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) #1 SMP Debian 4.19.16-1 (2019-01-17) [4.19.0-2-amd64] [Kernel/Linux] Expected linux version: 4.19.0-4-amd64 Running kernel seems to be up-to-date. Failed to check for processor microcode upgrades. No services need to be restarted. No containers need to be restarted. User sessions running outdated binaries: don @ session #2: gnome-session-b[1635] [main] run /etc/needrestart/notify.d/200-write [/etc/needrestart/notify.d/200-write] skip session w/o tty [main] run /etc/needrestart/notify.d/400-notify-send [main] run /etc/needrestart/notify.d/600-mail [/etc/needrestart/notify.d/600-mail] disabled in global config
