[ubuntu-uk] Computer restarts on shutdown

[James Morrissey]

On 17 February 2014 23:17, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>

No, the system still reboots on shutdown, even if i suspend from the system
menu and don't close the lid. I have not tried turning off 'suspend on lid
close' and closing the lid to see what that does.


>
> Colin
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