Wow, thanks John!!! I had lost all hope, but you are spot on I think. I haven't tested thoroughly, but I have done a restart without a spontaneous reboot!
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add blacklist nv_tco I suppose these patches are related to this: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/949952/ THe BIOS is supposed to disabled the watchdog, but it doesn't! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/791089 Title: crash after rebooting or shutting down from Ubuntu 11.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/791089/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs