shutdown restarts laptop

[Colin Law]

On 23 July 2011 09:44, Ben Tinner <bentinner at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
> On 21 July 2011 08:21, Firesam <ubuntu at e17th.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am having a very strange (to me at least) problem with my laptop
>> computer. It took a while until I was able to replicate the exact
>> circumstances that caused it. Whenever I shutdown the laptop restarts
>> and does not power off. Just incase that is not annoying enough when it
>> restarts the internal kb and mouse are disabled. Interstingly enough mot
>> only that this is not caused by choosing restart (the kb/mouse thing)
>> but restart fixes it and re-enables the kb and mouse.

I don't know whether I can help, probably not, but just to clarify the
problem does the PC go through a re-boot cycle (showing BIOS startup
and so on) or does a shutdown attempt just have the same effect as a
logout, taking you back to the login screen without a full re-boot.

Colin