the fix is to remove/purge pm-utils and reinstall it. specificaly, i did this and it helped:
$ sudo aptitude purge pm-utils it will complain that it needs to remove acpi-support. i accept it. then i also removed remaining scripts in pm-utils directory: $ sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/pm-utils/* and then reinstall acpi-support which will install also pm-utils: $ sudo aptitude install acpi-support now it works like charm. i have no idea what was the problem. didn't backed up the scripts dir or something, so i don't know the diff. if somebody with the same will try the above, backup first /usr/lib/pm-utils/* and when reinstalled make a diff. then post the diff here... -- unable to suspend after upgrade to Karmic (/usr/bin/pacmd) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs