Running the power manager as... gksudo xfce4-power-manager-settings
...causes a notification that the power manager is not running (and a prompt to launch it) and then when the settings window is launched, all the relevant options are in fact there (presumably having overridden permissions issues when running with setuid root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407403 Title: Suspend option missing in xfce-power-manager-settings and many greyed out To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/+bug/1407403/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs