Another 22.04 problem, reboot fails, have to power cycle

[Grizzly]

31 July 2022  at 9:48, Colin Law wrote:
Re: Another 22.04 problem, reboot f (at least in part)

>On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 07:36, Grizzly via ubuntu-users
><ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>
>> 30 July 2022  at 21:35, Chris Green wrote:
>> Another 22.04 problem, reboot fails (at least in part)
>>
>> I've seen this on 18.04, 20.04 and now 22.04 (maybe on 16.04 but not sure), I
>> never chased it up, assumed it was hardware on that box, A Dell, it just sits
>> on "F2 F12" window, so I tend to
>>
>> "shutdown now -P"
>>
>> then power on again, the box "should" boot from keyboard key but it has never
>> worked that way, it's a Wireless USB KB so that may explain it
>>
>> >I have another problem after upgrading from 21.10 to 22.04, my system
>> >won't reboot.
>>
>> >If I reboot the system (from command line or GUI) it shuts down and
>> >hangs.  I have to power down and up again, then it boots OK.

>> >Has anyone else had an issue like this and/or know how to fix it?

>Make sure the BIOS/UEFI firmware on the mother board is up to date.

>Look in /var/syslog to see if there are any clues there.

>Does
>sudo shutdown -r now
>work?

For me (cant say for the OP) I end up on the "F2 F12" screen