I found the issue, playing around with some settings in the /etc/default/grub file I found that commenting out both lines containing "HIDDEN" that were default on now does show the menu.
Apparently the HIDDEN lines configure grub to listen for a shift press which unfortunately does not work (at least on my system). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957277 Title: 12.04, EFI, Grub menu does not show To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/957277/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
