I'd like to add that from my experience, gnome-power-manager acts as follows for "lid close"
Suspend = Suspend HIbernate = Hibernate Do Nothing = Blank screen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/920327 Title: Ubuntu 11.10 Power Settings Don't Work When Lid is Closed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/920327/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs