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

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 09:49:35PM +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 at 17:31, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >
> > OP here.  Just to clarify things, as I said I have two systems running
> > xubuntu 24.04 with a GUI.
> >
> > On the system where things work as they should (or at least how I
> > expect them to work) when I do 'sudo reboot' or I click Restart on one
> > of the menus, the GUI disappears instantly and I see a few seconds of
> > the xubuntu spinner, then the screen clears and the reboot commences.
> >
> > On the system where it doesn't work as I expect when I restart it the
> > GUI closes down instantly but I then get the (Lightdm I think) GUI
> > login screen again and I can actually log in.  Then, several seconds
> > later the system goes down for reboot.
> 
> Try the log checking again.  This time watch the time to the second at
> which you hit the button, how long it is till the login screen
> appears, and when it disappears.  Maybe video it with your phone so
> you  can go back and check the log to see exactly what is going on at
> that point.  Set the time on the PC to show seconds before you hit the
> button, or bring up a clock.
> 
Yes, this is probably what I will try doing when I have a bit of time
and patience to spare. :-)   Thanks.

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Chris Green