That was the hint I needed. Mea culpa :(
/var/log/pm-suspend.log contained the lines:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/45vmware-stop suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/45vmware-stop: 34: Syntax error: "}" unexpected
Returned exit code 2.
Mon Apr 27 23:03:21 CEST 2009: Inhibit found, will not pe
** Package changed: ubuntu => pm-utils (Ubuntu)
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