Bug#541386: gnome-power-manager: suspend and hibernate fail without any explanation

[Stefan Monnier]

Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.24.4-3
Severity: normal

On this machine (an old Macbook Pro), both commands
"hibernate" and "hibernate-ram" can be used successfully (as root)
to hibernate/suspend the machine, but when I try to select either
"Suspend" or "Hibernate" from the power manager applet, all I get is the
screen-lock together with a little sound.  No message of any kind that
might help figure out what's going on.


        Stefan


-- Package-specific info:
Distro version:       squeeze/sid
Kernel version:       2.6.30-1-686
g-p-m version:        2.24.4
HAL version:          0.5.12
System manufacturer:  missing
System version:       missing
System product:       missing
AC adapter present:   yes
Battery present:      yes
Laptop panel present: no
CPU scaling present:  yes
Battery Information:
  battery.charge_level.current = 51590  (0xc986)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 55000  (0xd6d8)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 53270  (0xd016)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 96  (0x60)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true  (bool)
  battery.model = 'ASMB012'  (string)
  battery.present = true  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false  (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 51590  (0xc986)  (int)
  battery.reporting.design = 55000  (0xd6d8)  (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 53270  (0xd016)  (int)
  battery.reporting.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Unknown'  (string)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mWh'  (string)
  battery.serial = ''  (string)
  battery.technology = 'unknown'  (string)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
  battery.vendor = 'Sony012'  (string)
  battery.voltage.current = 12406  (0x3076)  (int)
  battery.voltage.design = 11100  (0x2b5c)  (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV'  (string)
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
HAL Process Information:
101       3690  0.0  0.3   7032  4860 ?        Ss   11:05   0:03 /usr/sbin/hald
root      3693  0.0  0.0   3432  1196 ?        S    11:05   0:00  \_ hald-runner
root      3728  0.0  0.1   5408  2096 ?        S    11:05   0:00      \_ hald-ad
root      3756  0.0  0.1   5384  1908 ?        S    11:05   0:00      \_ hald-ad
101       3767  0.0  0.1   5248  1912 ?        S    11:05   0:00      \_ hald-ad

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  consolekit   0.3.0-3                     framework for defining and trackin
ii  dbus-x11     1.2.16-2                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2       2.26.2-3                    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  hal          0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libbonobo2-0 2.24.1-1                    Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6        2.9-23                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2    1.8.6-2+b1                  The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.16-2                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib 0.82-1                      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4  2.26.2-3                    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0  1:2.6.4-1                   library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2                    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-key 2.26.1-1                    GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0  2.26.0-1                    The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1                    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgstreamer 0.10.23-2                   Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0  2.16.1-2                    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [ 0.4.5-1                     sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpanel-app 2.26.2-1                    library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0- 1.24.0-3+b1                 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6     2:1.2.2-1                   X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6     2:1.0.4-1                   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2   2:1.3.0-2                   X11 RandR extension library
ii  notification 0.4.0-1                     a daemon that displays passive pop

gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.

gnome-power-manager suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information