I have finally figured out how to solve the problem. I opened up gconf- editor to find the key /apps/gnome-power-manager/action_button_suspend. It was set to the value "nothing". I changed that to "suspend". That solved the problem.
Therefore this bug reduces to the question (perhaps for upstream): is that the default value for that key? Or how did I end up with that value in that particular key -- I've never edited gconf-editor before. I think the default action for the suspend key should be to suspend -- and not to silently ignore the button. This is specially important given that the other special keys (display on/off, wireless kill switch, lock-screen, etc.) on the thinkpad actually do work. -- Suspend Keys on IBM Thinkpads not working https://launchpad.net/bugs/65730 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
