Running a clean install of ubuntustudio 14.04 the suspend and resume works when using the power button or selecting it from the user menu but is not available in the xfce4-power-manager-settings. Only "Lock Screen" or "Nothing" is available for lid close action.

http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/faq
Suggests that it is likely permissions issue since suspend/resume clearly works.

My single user on a single user system has the following group memberships: username adm cdrom sudo audio dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare

Any suggestions? I'd rather not fry my new hdd because I forgot to suspend and just close the lid.

Updates:

• Changing "/etc/systemd/logind.conf" settings have no effect.


• This appears to be a bug in upower https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005234


• I've confirmed this is not an issue with my hardware on the standard ubuntu desktop (using a live drive)


• I've confirmed this is not an issue with xubuntu!?! (I had to enable suspend in the xfce4-power-manager-settings but it was an option)


• Changing kernel to linux-general has no affect.


• xfce4-power-manager --dump & sudo xfce4-power-mangager --dump

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       Xfce power manager version 1.2.0

With policykit support

With network manager support

With DPMS support

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Can suspend: False

Can hibernate: False

Can spin down hard disks: True

Authorized to suspend: True

Authorized to hibernate: True

Authorized to shutdown: True

Authorized to spin down hard disks: False

Has battery: True

Has brightness panel: True

Has power button: True

Has hibernate button: True

Has sleep button: True

Has LID: True