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gnome-power-management suspending works great for me as root , but not as unprivileged user:
# groups
root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel log
# su print
$ groups
wheel video audio power noah thinkpad
Wondering why this is? (pm-suspend works as unprivileged user)
TIA,
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well, have a look at error messages (users.log, errors.log, messages.log, pm-suspend.log, ecc...). Did you log out after adding the "power" group to your user?
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Did you log out after adding the "power" group to your user?
Yes
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