Sorry, its a Thinkpad x131e, running 12.04. j
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. > > James. -- James Morrissey Research Officer Refugee Studies Centre | Department of International Development | University of Oxford Junior Research Fellow in Refugee Studies | Lady Margaret Hall | University of Oxford 3 Mansfield Road | Oxford, United Kingdom | OX1 3TB -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
