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[Ed Novak <1499556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

- I recently installed a new motherboard with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and now when I try to shutdown my system reboots instead.  I have tried a variety of shutdown methods including:
+ I recently installed a new motherboard (
+ http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITXPH/ ) with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and
+ now when I try to shutdown my system reboots instead.  I have tried a
+ variety of shutdown methods including:
+ 
  sudo init 0
  sudo shutdown -P now
  sudo shutdown now
  sudo shutdown -h now
  sudo shutdown -H now
  sudo shutdown -HP now
- (all previous variants with now replaced with "1")
+ (all previous variants with "now" replaced with "1")
+ shutting down via the KDE menu (clicking the menu, clicking 'leave' section, clicking shutdown in the dialog box).
  
- all of these cause the system to reboot, when I expect that the system
+ All of these cause the system to reboot, when I expect that the system
  should shutdown.  The system can shutdown only if I hold the power
  button for 5 seconds (hard shutdown).  I have dug around in the bios,
  nothing in there seems to help.  I even tried changing random features
  (things related to wake on lan, etc) after reading that some specific
  IRQs may be causing the problem.
  
  Here is the output of lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:        14.04
- Codename:       trusty   
+ Codename:       trusty
  
  and uname -a
  Linux livingroom 3.16.0-49-generic #65~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:03:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  
  I have also attached a zip of my entire /var/log directory so you don't
  have to ask for my logs one at a time.  Keep in mind that this bug
- happens everytime I shutdown and I frequently reboot and then hold the
- power button when the reset occurs, thereby causing a hard reset before
- the kernel has loaded when it is safest.
+ happens everytime I try to shutdown, which I do  more than once a day on
+ average.  I frequently shutdown and then hold the power button when the
+ reset occurs, thereby causing a hard reset before the kernel has loaded
+ when it is safest.  This is an annoying workaround.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt15
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-49-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Sep 24 19:19:51 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-21 (34 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150219.1)
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Computer Reboots Instead of Halting

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I recently installed a new motherboard (
  http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITXPH/ ) with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and
  now when I try to shutdown my system reboots instead.  I have tried a
  variety of shutdown methods including:

  sudo init 0
  sudo shutdown -P now
  sudo shutdown now
  sudo shutdown -h now
  sudo shutdown -H now
  sudo shutdown -HP now
  (all previous variants with "now" replaced with "1")
  shutting down via the KDE menu (clicking the menu, clicking 'leave' section, clicking shutdown in the dialog box).

  All of these cause the system to reboot, when I expect that the system
  should shutdown.  The system can shutdown only if I hold the power
  button for 5 seconds (hard shutdown).  I have dug around in the bios,
  nothing in there seems to help.  I even tried changing random features
  (things related to wake on lan, etc) after reading that some specific
  IRQs may be causing the problem.

  Here is the output of lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:        14.04
  Codename:       trusty

  and uname -a
  Linux livingroom 3.16.0-49-generic #65~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:03:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  I have also attached a zip of my entire /var/log directory so you
  don't have to ask for my logs one at a time.  Keep in mind that this
  bug happens everytime I try to shutdown, which I do  more than once a
  day on average.  I frequently shutdown and then hold the power button
  when the reset occurs, thereby causing a hard reset before the kernel
  has loaded when it is safest.  This is an annoying workaround.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt15
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-49-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Sep 24 19:19:51 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-21 (34 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150219.1)
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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