I am facing the same problem. I am using an HP Probook 4530s. My laptop will not hibernate on battery when the laptop lid is closed.
-- 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/962157 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 fails hibernate/suspend action at battery critical level Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: > In my laptop Sony VPCEB4C4E i have activated hibernation function, following this procedure http://askubuntu.com/questions/94754/how-to-modify-policykit-to-allow- hibernation-in-upower > Swap partition is correctly configured to work with hibernation but when the battery reach the critical level, the system goes to hard power off, (not good for laptop health). This issue happen also when i choose suspend action! ITALIAN REPLIES ARE WELCOME _________________________________________________________________________________________ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-power-manager 3.3.3-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/gnome-power-statistics] Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19.31-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 22 13:54:34 2012 SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/962157/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp