Since I installed Lion machine won't power down all the way

When I go to close down, I use the Apple icon or the power button, but neither will shut the machine down. I have to press and hold the power button until it turns off. It started doing this after I installed Lion.
Any help with this?

Don't use the power button. Use the Apple menu Shutdown. At this point boot while holding down the command-r keys which should boot you into the Lion restore disk. From there use Disk Utility to Repair Disk.

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Go get the system documentation at Docs.Sun.Com
[http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/blade1000.ws?l=en&a=view|http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/blade1000.ws?l=en&a=view]
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Welcome to Apple discussions.
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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
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