I have finally found a work around: System >> Preferences >> Sessions >> Uncheck Power Management >> Reboot
Now Shutdown works normally. Of course now Suspend and Hibernate do not work but in the big scheme of things on this desktop system I never use Hibernate anyway. At least Shutdown and Reboot work fine now. That tells me the problem is in "Power Management." This is definitely a regression from 7.10 and earlier. seldon7, my mb is a MSI, Intel 3.2 ghz, Northwood, ATI video -- Selecting "Shut Down" leads to a reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234700 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
