Hi!
Thanks for your reply! I send you a fresh pm-suspend.log. I pressed FN+F12, the machine tried to hibernate, canceled and I got the screen to unlock my desktop.
2009-03-29 11:36:05.982813453 +0200: running 'hibernate'/'hibernate'/'' hooks.
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.024109216 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00clear =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.053239742 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01logging =====
hibernate initiated: Sun Mar 29 11:36:06 CEST 2009
Linux t42 2.6.27.19-3.2-default #1 SMP 2009-02-25 15:40:44 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
kernel command line: 'root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HM120JC_S0A0J10L871856-part3 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HM120JC_S0A0J10L871856-part2 splash=silent vga=0x317'
Module Size Used by
crypto_blkcipher 16800 0
aes_i586 7580 0
aes_generic 27792 1 aes_i586
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 5132 0
ip6t_LOG 6212 7
xt_tcpudp 2728 2
xt_pkttype 1560 3
ipt_LOG 5708 8
xt_limit 2056 15
xt_physdev 2220 2
af_packet 16344 2
sco 9600 2
bridge 47628 1
stp 2248 1 bridge
bnep 11536 2
binfmt_misc 7732 1
rfcomm 34436 4
l2cap 19828 12 bnep,rfcomm
snd_pcm_oss 43040 0
snd_mixer_oss 14288 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 51916 0
snd_seq_device 7168 1 snd_seq
radeon 131404 2
drm 74120 3 radeon
ip6t_REJECT 4984 3
nf_conntrack_ipv6 20092 4
ip6table_raw 1792 1
xt_NOTRACK 1544 4
ipt_REJECT 2760 3
xt_state 1904 8
iptable_raw 2056 1
iptable_filter 2548 1
ip6table_mangle 2288 0
cpufreq_conservative 6440 0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 2152 0
nf_conntrack_ipv4 10480 4
cpufreq_userspace 3112 0
cpufreq_powersave 1640 0
nf_conntrack 67376 5 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_NOTRACK,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables 11260 2 iptable_raw,iptable_filter
acpi_cpufreq 6568 0
speedstep_lib 3884 0
ip6table_filter 2408 1
ip6_tables 12476 4 ip6t_LOG,ip6table_raw,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables 14416 12 ip6t_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_physdev,ip6t_REJECT,xt_NOTRACK,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6_tables
ipv6 242088 23 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6table_mangle
fuse 50644 3
loop 14660 0
dm_mod 62532 0
hci_usb 10796 0
btusb 10764 0
bluetooth 52796 10 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb,btusb
pcmcia 32656 0
ppdev 6876 0
battery 11176 0
ac 4480 0
video 20308 0
output 2732 1 video
ipw2200 133132 0
ieee80211 26656 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 5212 2 ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
e1000 114112 0
yenta_socket 22776 2
rsrc_nonstatic 10440 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 33188 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
thinkpad_acpi 56424 0
rfkill 8576 2 thinkpad_acpi
button 6568 0
snd_intel8x0m 13848 0
snd_intel8x0 28256 3
floppy 52700 0
led_class 3896 1 thinkpad_acpi
snd_ac97_codec 99756 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
iTCO_wdt 9940 0
nvram 7532 1 thinkpad_acpi
intel_agp 24444 1
ac97_bus 1584 1 snd_ac97_codec
agpgart 32148 2 drm,intel_agp
iTCO_vendor_support 3368 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_pcm 76668 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
shpchp 28236 0
snd_timer 20204 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
parport_pc 34512 0
pci_hotplug 27392 1 shpchp
parport 33128 2 ppdev,parport_pc
snd 56784 15 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i2c_i801 10492 0
soundcore 6660 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8048 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_core 29916 1 i2c_i801
sg 29392 0
rtc_cmos 10744 0
sr_mod 13372 0
rtc_core 17384 1 rtc_cmos
pcspkr 2344 0
joydev 8948 0
rtc_lib 2816 1 rtc_core
cdrom 32288 1 sr_mod
usbhid 45516 0
hid 35568 1 usbhid
ff_memless 7132 1 usbhid
sd_mod 31604 6
crc_t10dif 1704 1 sd_mod
ehci_hcd 46748 0
uhci_hcd 22976 0
usbcore 165540 6 hci_usb,btusb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd 8616 0
ata_piix 16416 5
libata 160512 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 149260 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
dock 11804 1 libata
ext3 123916 4
mbcache 7592 1 ext3
jbd 52792 1 ext3
fan 4712 0
thermal 19984 0
processor 43152 3 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
thermal_sys 11364 4 video,fan,thermal,processor
hwmon 2916 2 thinkpad_acpi,thermal_sys
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2071736 746744 1324992 0 49764 438736
-/+ buffers/cache: 258244 1813492
Swap: 4000176 0 4000176
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.078042063 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/02rtcwake =====
rtcwake alarm not enabled in /etc/pm/config.d/rtcwake.config, doing nothing...
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.082504363 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/05led =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.086288085 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/06autofs =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.148368619 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/10NetworkManager =====
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.362016782 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/30s2disk-check =====
INFO: checking for suspend-to-disk prerequisites...
using userspace suspend method
setting resume device to /dev/sda2
setting image size to 954655948
adding these parameters from /etc/suspend.conf:
resume device = /dev/sda2
splash = y
shutdown method = platform
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.421379371 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/45pcmcia =====
ejecting PCMCIA cards...
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.668388487 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/50modules =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.774447248 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/80acpi-fan =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.789004409 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/80videobios =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.827554291 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.887661948 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.895374103 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95packagekit =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.918531243 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99Zgrub =====
INFO: running prepare-grub
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99Zgrub: line 14: /boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory
WARNING: no kernelfile matching the running kernel found
running kernel: '2.6.27.19-3.2-default', probably booting kernel: 'vmlinuz'
ERROR: kernel version mismatch, cannot suspend to disk
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.933807769 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99info =====
2009-03-29 11:36:06.938218387: done running hibernate/hibernate hooks.
2009-03-29 11:36:06.939965258 +0200: running 'hibernate'/'thaw'/'reverse' hooks.
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.961134435 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99info =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.964408315 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99Zgrub =====
INFO: running grub-once-restore
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:06.970290629 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95packagekit =====
method return sender=:1.84 -> dest=:1.83 reply_serial=2
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.349766059 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.356485909 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.369139197 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/80videobios =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.372488506 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/80acpi-fan =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.375680533 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/50modules =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.383760613 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/45pcmcia =====
inserting PCMCIA cards...
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.665154556 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/30s2disk-check =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.669418786 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/10NetworkManager =====
method return sender=:1.9 -> dest=:1.86 reply_serial=2
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.724208726 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/06autofs =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.748870805 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/05led =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.757944587 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/02rtcwake =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.768837594 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01logging =====
===== 2009-03-29 11:36:07.777460760 running hook: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00clear =====
2009-03-29 11:36:07.799082788: done running hibernate/thaw hooks.
I hope it helps a little. I don’t think there’s a possibility to grant a user to hibernate a laptop with the gnome-power-manager. You can only define the behavior there e.g. what should happen if you close the lid and so on.