Thanks again. Let's check the bot logs and see if any messages are coming up. To enable boot logging, follow the instructions at the first post here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=49925
Then attach one log after you shutdown with 'shutdown -h now' and one log with 'shutdown -r now' Comparing these two might give us a view as to what's stopping grub. -- grub menu skipped after shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs