Netbook goes to Sleep when booting and shutting down

[wolfman]

Hi @anon42388993,

this is an echo of my problem here:

Can I remove the mate power managment package

Hi all, I have a small issue with an old laptop (dual boot with Win 7 and Ubuntu Mate 16.04) going into sleep mode at boot time, I start the laptop and it starts to boot then it goes into sleep mode, I press the power button to wake it up and it runs for a little and then goes back to sleep, I press the power button once more and it shuts the system down. When I switch it back on (press the power button to start the laptop again) it starts no problem, this happens all the time and although it …