kpowersave in kde4.1.2 Issue with lock screen

kpowersave works flawlessly in kde3.
Close lid - suspend on laptop will also lock the desktop. Great, that’s what we want.

But in kde4, this does not work. Lock screen works from menu or panel, but not with the setting in kpowersave - lock screen on lid close. Otherwise all kpowersave features seem fine and no errors.

Does anyone else have this issue. And or have they tried powerdevil from kde4?

I’m running Lenovo R61e Celeron 550
Linux 2.6.25.16-0.1-pae i686
4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2) “release 45.1”