Caused by the fact that the rcS job is still running, reboot issues the "shutdown" event but that won't actually complete until rcS and then rc2 have finished ... you'll probably find that the moment it hits gdm, it starts shutting down again?
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott James Remnant Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- entering 'reboot' at the rescue console brings up gdm https://launchpad.net/bugs/66002 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs