Yep, the suggestion above worked. My laptop would usually have suspended by now but it's still alive and well. I didn't need to reboot or anything.
I also tried using the gui to set the suspend settings and then rebooting to see if the settings were applied. They were not so clearly the gui just isn't communicating with the dconf. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854624 Title: [oneiric] Gnome3/Unity session fails to apply suspend/hibernate parameters, set by "Power Settings" dialog Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Gnome3/Unity session fails to apply suspend/hibernate parameters, set by "Power Settings" dialog. * Display related parameters works as expected. * Manual suspend/hibernate (via lid close or system indicator) works perfectly. * In some cases rebooting after changing parameters helps (confirmation required). Was working on Oneiric Beta1. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-power-manager 3.1.92-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Sep 20 12:18:09 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) MachineType: LENOVO 19524TG PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic-pae root=UUID=f1955d63-e57d-4423-973a-840df6086b42 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash pcie_aspm=force vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 79ETE6WW (2.26 ) dmi.board.name: 19524TG dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr79ETE6WW(2.26):bd04/01/2010:svnLENOVO:pn19524TG:pvrThinkPadT60:rvnLENOVO:rn19524TG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 19524TG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T60 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO gnome-power-bugreport: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/854624/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

