Updates cause problem

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 16:12, Kevin <wrham at eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> I checked updates last nite as I do most nites.
> Last nites updates needed a reboot which i did.
> Reboot went fine as usual.
> Shut computer off as I do every nite.
> Screen went blank - "no signal" -- normal.
> However computer continued to run - drive blue lite stayed on - computer
> red lite flashed at 2 sec. intervals
> -internal fan lite stayed on.
> Only way to restart computer is hard reset button.
>
> Ubuntu 18.04.03 64 bit
> AMD Ryzen 5 2400G  with radeon vega graphics
> 16 Gb Ram
>
> Where should I be looking for the problem?

You haven't said whether it started up again ok.  If it did then, to
check everything has been updated ok, I suggest doing another update
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

If you wanted to try and see why it hung then have a look in syslog
for around the time it failed.

Colin