I have the same problem on a Toshiba a210. I was trying to install Elementary OS Loki when i found out.
Elementary Loki (16.04) with kernel 4.10 - Reboot and Shutdown doesn't work. Elementary Loki (16.04) with kernel 4.4 - Shutdown works, but reboot makes the Bios screen (toshiba logo) freeze. Ubuntu 16.04 liveusb with 4.4 have the same problem as Loki 4.4. If you press quickly the f2 button, after some time you see the hard disk led light up and the computer enters the boot screen, but when you try ctrl+alt+del it goes back to the freeze. Only the power button makes the problem go away. " https://forum.level1techs.com/t/ubuntu-16-04-hanging-on-reboot/112413 " This person seems to have the same issue, but on a HP laptop. Does anybody knows what could be causing the Bios screen freeze? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594023 Title: Poweroff or reboot hangs. Laptop won't shutdown. 16.04 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is about a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 install on a new laptop (asus x540sa). After pressing the shutdown button in the start menu; the shutdown procedure starts and in the final splash screen the system just hangs. Tried a second time by pressing Esc once the splash screen showed up and I saw that it reaches the line "Reached target shutdown" and just stops there, no matter how long I leave it there the machine won't turn off. I also tried a Kubuntu 16.04 fresh install on the same machine and it hanged too at the final splash screen where the pulsating logo stopped. Then I tried with Esc only to see the exact same line in the end. The issue seems to affect lately quite many users as shown by the google results of the past month / week or so. I have also tried shutting down from the console with shutdown -and all the parameters after that suggested online- and sudo poweroff but unfortunately they didn't do the trick. The exact same situation occurred. Unmounting the swap as suggested online doesn't work. Also rebooting the system is not working either due to the same issue. So right now the only way for me to poweroff the machine is to press the power button on the keyboard continuously. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install OS 2.Do something, anything or nothing 3.Try to shutdown or reboot Actual Results: The computer is not shutting down: "Reached target shutdown" and hangs there. Expected Results: Powering off the machine. For what it's worth, closing the lid won't suspend the system, but using the menu buttons for suspension will do it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1594023/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp