the workaround in #1427877 (disabling the wacom gnome-settings-daemon plugin) appears to also fix this
** Also affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1463901 Title: closing lid no longer suspends Status in gnome-power-manager package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: after installing gnome3-staging PPA on vivid (ie, gnome 3.16), closing my laptop's lid no longer results in the system suspending. journalctl shows that the lid close event is detected: Jun 08 16:57:23 leafy systemd-logind[947]: Lid closed. but nothing actually happens. only way to suspend seems to be to ALT+Click the power button in the right side gnome shell top panel menu, which seems not terribly discoverable for normal users. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: gnome-power-manager 3.14.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Jun 10 09:20:59 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-24 (470 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140218) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-02-04 (125 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/1463901/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp