This is a known issue already fixed in git. This patch fixes it: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nigelc/tuxonice-head.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c43ab8880c53f2acb55be4614ce97b8c9d3664c2 Without this patch, the userui doesn't get started properly. I expect others have been hit by this, too. Could you add this to the ebuilds?
+*tuxonice-sources-2.6.24-r2 (12 Feb 2008) + + 12 Feb 2008; Krzysiek Pawlik <nelchael@gentoo.org> + +files/2.6.24-3.0-rc5-userui-fix.patch, + -tuxonice-sources-2.6.23-r10.ebuild, +tuxonice-sources-2.6.24-r2.ebuild: + Remove 2.6.23-r10 as tuxonice requires resync for >2.6.23.14 (bug #209755), + add 2.6.24-r2 with a patch to correctly support userui (bug #209775). +