[ubuntu-uk] Computer restarts on shutdown

[Colin Law]

On 17 February 2014 21:03, James Morrissey <morrissey.james1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Yeah, i was wondering if someone on here might know what might be going
>> > on
>> > in the hibernate process (on lid close), that might interfere with the
>> > reboot sequence. I'd be happy to google any things that come to the
>> > minds of
>> > anybody on here.
>>
>> I don't think you mentioned that you use hibernate, unless I missed it
>> (I am presuming you do mean hibernate rather than suspend).  Hibernate
>> is fraught with problems and I believe it comes under the category of
>> 'if it works for you then fine, otherwise it is hard luck'.  Do you
>> only see the problem if you have hibernated at some point?
>>
>
> Sorry, i think i mean suspend, which is activated when i close the lid.
>
> So, if at some point since booting the machine, i close the lid, then, when
> i go to shutdown, the computer will restart. If i have not shut the lid, and
> caused the machine to suspend, then the sutdown will work fine.

Does it make a difference if you suspend from the system menu and then
close the lid after it has suspended?

Colin