I have Shut-Off problems with a 2023 Dell Precision 5480 running Ubuntu 22.04. There is no Menu button so a user must click on the battery symbol at top right of screen to bring up a Shut Down option. When I click on this Shut Down/Log Off option, it expands to a few more options of which I select Shut Down. Next a screen comes up offering two choices, "Cancel" or "Shut Down." "Cancel" on the left is outlined in orange while "Shut Down" is not. When I select the (path less traveled) Shut Down option, a message tells me that the system will shut down in 60 seconds if I do nothing, while again offering the Cancel or ShutDown choices. Whether I choose the immediate ShutDown option or let it take 60 seconds, the lighted On/Off button on the keyboard typically stays on unless I hold it down for several seconds to forcibly shut it off. Despite completing this shut down procedure, often I return later to find the ON/Off button is once again lit.
It really is as if Ubuntu or its developers do not want the system to be shut down. I don't understand the WHY of this. I have an Android phone that offers the same resistance to being turned off, but in that case a motive would be getting a user to log on for more hours. In the case of Ubuntu trying to funnel a user away from shutting down a computer, I am mystified.
Where I live we often have electrical storms in summer and, although I use surge protectors, I like to also turn off and unplug my laptops during hours when I won't be using them. However this Ubuntu Dell laptop's battery has often discharged a few increments while it was unplugged and supposed to be OFF.
Does anyone have a simple solution, preferably via the GUI, or is there no fix for this odd behavior?