> What you could do is to patch 12.04 installation fully. I don't think i know what this means.
> Then try to shut down from terminal I'll try this as per Tyler's email If you are still under warranty and /or lenovo phone support is > free/not expensive you could try calling them to see whether it is a known > issue. You can could also manually check the lenovo website for updates. > Is this problem new or has it been present for a while? Strange thing here is that the problem does not exist under windows, so i don't think the system is broken. That said, i had another machine, exactly the same as this one, and the same problem occurred. So i think its a hardware compatibility issue. > Could you check whether it restarts instead of shutdown on both battery and > main, some similarly if there are any programs that are running when you > shutdown. Having done this already, none of those things seems to make a systematic difference. j On 4 October 2012 23:24, Anton Kanishchev <antonk20...@gmail.com> wrote: > What you could do is to patch 12.04 installation fully. > Then try to shut down from terminal. If that works consistently (might do) > then it is a software bug or error. If it isn't it is likely to be another > issue. If you are still under warranty and /or lenovo phone support is > free/not expensive you could try calling them to see whether it is a known > issue. You can could also manually check the lenovo website for updates. > Is this problem new or has it been present for a while? > Could you check whether it restarts instead of shutdown on both battery and > main, some similarly if there are any programs that are running when you > shutdown. > > On Oct 4, 2012 9:45 PM, "Simon Greenwood" <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 4 October 2012 21:11, James Morrissey <morrissey.jam...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have been having a problem with a new machine. >>> >>> Occasionally when i go to shut it down, it restarts instead. If i try >>> and shut it down again, once it has rebooted to the login in screen, >>> it shuts down completely. >>> >>> Sometimes it plays up and sometimes it doesn't i haven't be able to >>> work out what causes it. >>> >>> I have read elsewhere that this might be a power setting in the BIOS, >>> but i think not as i) it doesn't happen in windows (which i dual boot) >>> and ii) it only happens some of the time and never if i shutdown >>> straight from the login screen. >>> >>> Its not a world-ending problem, but its a bit of a hassle if i am in a >>> rush to go somewhere and want to shut my machine down and it decides >>> to restart. >>> >>> All of this takes place when shutting down via the cog in the top >>> right of the panel. >>> >>> I've had this question kicking around the forums for a couple of weeks >>> , but nothing has really come up. Someone suggested looking at the >>> logs, but i am not sure where i'd be looking or what i'd be looking >>> for. >>> >>> I was wondering if anyone on here might have any ideas. >>> >> >> Checking logs would be a good answer. You can use Log File Viewer and try >> and things like Error or Warning in syslog (or, 'rror' or 'arning' - comes >> in useful more often than you might think) but if it's an abrupt failure >> being caused by something in BIOS or hardware it is less likely to log. If >> there were any example logs in the forums you're looking in you could search >> for those as well. >> >> It does sound like a BIOS issue more than anything as it's going to be in >> something like the suspend or hibernate process and that it's not recovering >> properly. >> >> s/ >> -- >> Twitter: @sfgreenwood >> "TBA are particularly glib >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
