ASUS laptop restarts after Shutdown

[eikelein]

This is a newbie question, sorry.
ASUS X54C laptop, Linux Lite 3.4 and 3.6 (both 32-bit).

EVERY time I Shutdown the system via the Logout [user] screen the machine automatically restarts with the short typical delay I would expect after I click on Restart. How can I stop this behavior?

If this question has been asked before I apologize; please point me to the correct remedy, thank you.

[supergamer]

This probably has to do with a few BIOS settings. Get into the BIOS and change wake from lan to disabled and see if there is any other wake from's set (i.e. pci wake). Test disabling those functions and see if it works.

[eikelein]

[member=6935]supergamer[/member]:
Thanks - but there is nothing that might apply.
The few "Wake ..." events in this almost  primitive American Megatrends BIOS are  all off.

I suspect a software issue because behavior is identical whether I click on Restart or Shut Down.

Anybody else any idea(s)?

TIA eikelein

[supergamer]

It may be a corrupted shutdown script. Try:

Code:

shutdown -h now

See if this shutdowns the computer and leaves it shutdown. If this works you can create a new launcher if you need to to just shutdown the computer. I know it is not the correct fix but it may work for now. Another idea is to create a new user and see if this problem persists.

[trinidad]

Sorry I missed this.

To start with please post the results of the following commands:

sudo lsblk

sudo dmidecode -t 0
sudo dmidecode -t 24

Some olderAMI BIOS have an extra partition.

**It just occurred to me as I reread this: Do you have autologin enabled? If so you cannot shutdown once you are logged out. Computer will just restart.

TC