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After upgrading to Ubuntu 19.04 my GRUB menu doesn't not show up.

Instead, it halts for 10 seconds and then directly boots up to 19.04 although I have installed Windows 10 alongside (Dual booted).

GRUB menu was working perfectly when upgrading to 18.10 from 18.04LTS.

Also, if I press Esc or Shift key it hangs and then I have to press power button to start the laptop again.

Probably the Ubuntu 19.04 installation has added its own EFI boot entry, configured to not show the grub menu.

Try this: edit the file /etc/default/grub to make sure the GRUB_TIMEOUT value there is set to something larger than zero, for example GRUB_TIMEOUT=12 if you want the menu shown for 12 seconds. Then run the update-grub command:

sudo update-grub

The output from the update-grub command should say "Found linux image" and if you have Windows 10 installed it should also say "Found Windows Boot Manager". Then reboot, and the grub menu should be shown.

The Boot Repair Utility usually fixes problems related to booting.

Assuming you can boot into your Ubuntu Session and have access to it:

1.Install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu

• either from an Ubuntu live-session (boot your computer on a Ubuntu live-CD or live-USB then choose "Try Ubuntu") or from your installed Ubuntu session (if you can access it)




• connect to the Internet



• 
  

  open a new Terminal, then type the following commands (press Enter after each line):

  
  
  

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair

  
  

Using Boot-Repair

launch Boot-Repair from either :

• the Dash (the Ubuntu logo at the top-left of the screen) or by typing
  'boot-repair' in a terminal


• Then click the "Recommended repair" button. When repair is finished,
  note the URL (paste.ubuntu.com/XXXXX) that appeared on a paper, then
  reboot and check if you recovered access to your OSs. If the repair
  did not succeed, indicate the URL to people who help you by email or
  forum.

To see full details of what it is, how to download and use it, see: Boot Repair.
This must fix your problem.

I had this problem in two differing circumstances: I first installed 19.04 as a guest in Virtual Box and all was fine so decided to install it alongside Mint and Sparky Linux. Install went well and re-boot after install was also OK. However, the next boot failed and Ubuntu just hung and three more re-boots failed.

I then decide to do a fresh install using the whole drive and, again, install went well as did the re-boot after install but the next one failed. Three re-boots and Ubuntu loaded and functioned correctly. Hardly usable.

So I ran Boot Repair which did not fix it but informed me that the bios may not see grub because of it's position on the disc. What to do? Well, a fresh install (not over OS) fixed it. Luckily I back up data to an external drive so re-installing is fine if tedious!

i encountered this myself some time back, i don't remember exactly what i did to fix it and i don't have access to a ubuntu system right now to double-check, but iirc here's what i did:

in /etc/default/grub (or was it /etc/default/grub.cfg ? whichever one of those exists)

• make sure GRUB_TIMEOUT is set to something higher than 0, like GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
  


• make sure GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE is set to menu, eg GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
  


• remove all references to GRUB_HIDDEN
  

then run sudo update-grub (or sudo grub-update , don't remember which) and reboot, and the grub menu should pop up