After knocking up a very dodgy patch to getLidClosedState() I stumbled across another bug in Launchpad that describes what appears to be a proper fix:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151648 -- Feisty HAL upgrade broke suspend on lid close https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114595 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs