I know for sure, that kde-power-manager uses HAL for suspending (not sure with gnome-p-m, but it should use it afaik).
There is also a "/var/log/pm-suspend.log" that might be interesting to look at; especially if there is any difference when you suspend using pm-suspend or [k|g]-p-m.
I know for sure, that kde-power-manager uses HAL for suspending (not sure with gnome-p-m, but it should use it afaik).
There is also a "/var/log/ pm-suspend. log" that might be interesting to look at; especially if there is any difference when you suspend using pm-suspend or [k|g]-p-m.