I have the same issue, though my gnome-power-manager version is different (3.0.2-3).
The work-around mentioned above doesn't work as is, because on my system (sid with gnome 3) there is no such field under "actions" in gconf-editor. Instead, I installed the "dconf-tools" package and ran dconf-editor. Here I went under "org->gnome->settings-daemon->plugins->power" and changed "lid-close-battery-action" from suspend to nothing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

