Question: 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

```

---------------------------------------------------
       Xfce power manager version 1.2.0
With policykit support
With network manager support
With DPMS support
---------------------------------------------------
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

```

Answer: 
The same symptoms and output of `xfce4-power-manager` can be observed with `pm-utils` installed. In that case, it is possible at least to restore the suspend when lid is closed using the information on [Xfce4 FAQ page](http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/faq), section "How can I make logind handle button events":

> 
> To have logind handle the lid open/close event: `xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-lid-switch -n -t bool -s true`
> 
> 
> To have logind handle the power key: `xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-power-key -n -t bool -s true`
> 
> 
> To have logind handle the suspend key: `xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-suspend-key -n -t bool -s true`
> 
> 
> To have logind handle the hibernate key: `xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-hibernate-key -n -t bool -s true`
> 
> 
>
Another solution is to use the power management GUI xfce provides:
<https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/preferences>