This had been working for me for the last 18 months, then (same as @tommy-trussell) I upgraded (to Xubuntu 14.04, no issues, but then it started again.
Actually, during that 18 month period when it "worked" (proper suspend on LID close) there would be occasional times that the suspend would fail. But rare enough that the reboot seemed like a good thing to do anyway (even if a hassle with 25 windows and 50 browser tabs spread across 4 workspaces)... xfce4-power-manager --restart --sm-client-id 2e8860bf1-e99f-47a9-9f8a- 35e5fa4c66c8 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973778 Title: Unable to connect to Xfce Power Manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/973778/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs