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

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 12:05:03PM -0400, Little Girl wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> Colin Law wrote:
> 
> >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.
> 
> I thought I'd add this in case there's a similarity between my
> Kubuntu and the OP's Xubuntu. In Kubuntu, there's a setting in the
> "Startup and Shutdown" section of its settings that offers these
> options:
> 
> 	When logging in:
> 		( ) Restore previous saved session
> 		( ) Restore manually saved session
> 		( ) Start with an empty session
> 
> The first option is selected by default and I always immediately go
> into settings and change that to "Start with an empty session" after
> installing Kubuntu to make sure that all boots are clean.
> 
> If a similar setting is available in Xubuntu, it might be worth a try
> to see if that stops the behavior.
> 
Xubuntu has the option "save session for future logins" but I have
that turned off on both the system with the problem and the system
that works OK.

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Chris Green