When I reboot I get a fresh login screen for several seconds? before the reboot starts

[Colin Law]

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 at 15:10, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 08:22:16AM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:

> > This is harmless. The *first* thing (or nearly the first thing) in the
> > shutdown process is to disable logins. So any short lived login screen or
> > prompt will be ineffective.
> >
> But in my ase (OP here) the login **is** effective, I can actually log
> in again - ... and then it shuts down.
>
> This is on a pretty fast system, a Fujitsu Esprimo Q957 (Intel I5
> processor) with a 2TB SSD. The other xubuntu 24.04 system where I
> don't see this symptom is probably a bit slower (but not much).

After rebooting, check the log from before the shutdown and see if
something is holding off the shutdown.  Perhaps something is holding
it for a while, so the login page is displayed for some time.

Colin L.