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Shut down acts as restart?

I've installed Ubuntu (almost all latest versions), when my Acer Aspire V5-471 is want to shutdown from Ubuntu, it acts as restart/reboot. Refer to edit 2 for releases tried and edit 1 for tried ...
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Reboot only shuts down and doesn't actually boot again

I'm running a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 Server on an abmx rack mount server. When I attempt to reboot with sudo shutdown -r now, the machine just shuts down and doesn't come back up without me ...
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When the wireless connection is active, Ubuntu 12.04 does not restart or turn off

I performed a clean installation of Ubuntu 12.04 (on a laptop with Intel Core2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz and 2 GB RAM), overwriting the previous version. During the installation I decided to install ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Reboots After Idle Period

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and it reboots only after it has been in idle mode. No other times do I experience any issues with stability. I see no spikes in temperature, no log messages indicating a ...
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Automatic Reboot After Power Failure

I want a machine that loses power to automatically reboot when power is available. I've looked around and haven't found a solution that works for 11.04. Purportedly at one point you could do: echo ...
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Ubuntu Logs off on shutdown, Proper shutdown/restart too doesnt work

I don't know what i did or what happened? but my ubuntu logs off on clicking shutdown... running the shutdown or reboot command too doesn't shutdown.... how can i find the log? all i know is there ...
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use setpci to restart ubuntu server after power failure on macbook

I installed ubuntu server 11.10 on my macbook 1,1. In order to reboot after power failure I have to set a specific "AFTERG3" bit using setpci. The solution for a macMini can be found here: ...
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Dell Laptop won't shutdown / restart by itself

I recently upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 64-bit on my Dell Studio 1569. Before this I ran ubuntu 11.04 64-bit. Every time I shutdown, or restart it goes through the usual processes, and shows no error ( ...