Do you have the package xfce4-goodies installed? xfce has its own power management.
On Wed, 2019-07-31 at 21:38 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hello, > > I just upgraded to Debian Buster from Stretch. > > I am running it on an Acer Aspire V3-571 laptop. > > I am using XFCE Desktop Environment ( in Stretch I used it also ). > > In the Energy ... Settings I did set up in Stretch that that after 3 > minutes of inactivity the screen comes blank and it works. > > But, from there I can't wake up the laptop, whatever I am doing: > moving > or clicking with the mice, hit Shift, Esc, Enter, Cursor Down or Up, > these does not help to get back to my Desktop. > > The only way to get it back is to hold down the Power button until it > is > shut down, then hit again Power button to start the laptop. > > I purge the apmd package, but that does not helped me out. > > How can I solve this problem? > > Meanwhile I switch off in the Energy ... Settings that that the > Screen > come blank after some inactivity. >