This appears to acutally be a gnome-power-manager bug. ACPI is definitely getting the event. I wrote a script: /etc/acpi/local/lid.sh.pre that does the suspend via: dbus-send --print-reply --system \ --dest=org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Power \ /org/freedesktop/DeviceKit/Power \ org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Power.Suspend and suspend on lid close is now reliable.
** Package changed: acpi (Ubuntu) => gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) -- Sleep and lid buttons don't work in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483258 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs