Check /etc/systemd/logind.conf and set HandleLidSwitch=ignore
I had problems with systemd suspending suspending my nootebook some months ago. However it seems to respect the settings of the xfce power-manger now. Maybe the setting does help for you. Janis On 10.05.2015 23:17, Charles Fabbri wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > I have weird problem with the lid switch on an old Dell Latitude > D505 laptop. I did a clean install of Jessie and everything is working > fine, except the lid switch freezes the computer. > > It's not a suspend problem, because I can suspend properly from the > shutdown menu and the suspend button on the laptop. The computer > suspends correctly if I do a pm-suspend command. > > However, when I close the lid, the computer screen goes black > except for the cursor and it does not move. I cannot do a ctrl+alt+F1 to > get to a terminal, nor can I restart the X session. I even set the lid > behavior to do nothing, and the same behavior occurs. > > The laptop had Wheezy on it before and the lid switch worked as > expected. > > I did not see anything in /var/log/syslog or > /var/log/pm-suspend.log that could explain this. Could anyone point out > how I can debug/fix the laptop lid switch so it does not freeze the > computer? > > Charles Fabbri > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/555064c0.1040...@hamme.info