This appears to acutally be a gnome-power-manager bug. ACPI is definitely getting the event.
I wrote a script: /etc/acpi/local/lid.sh.pre that does the suspend via:
dbus-send --print-reply --system \ --dest=org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Power \ /org/freedesktop/DeviceKit/Power \ org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Power.Suspend
and suspend on lid close is now reliable.
This appears to acutally be a gnome-power-manager bug. ACPI is definitely getting the event. local/lid. sh.pre that does the suspend via:
--dest= org.freedesktop .DeviceKit. Power \
/org/ freedesktop/ DeviceKit/ Power \
org.freedeskt op.DeviceKit. Power.Suspend
I wrote a script: /etc/acpi/
dbus-send --print-reply --system \
and suspend on lid close is now reliable.