I think it may be that xfce4-power-manager is adapted to the notion that
the lid button is handled by systemd-logind. In any case, I made it work by
setting up an acpi event handler.

On 2 Apr 2017 4:25 pm, "Arnt Karlsen" <arnt@???> wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Apr 2017 08:28:49 +0200, Joachim wrote in message
> <6257f982c6fdb7d147d20178ff7b6161@???>:
>
> > I have a simple openbox desktop and installed xfce4-power-manager. It
> > handles most events fine (battery, brightness) but there is no action
> > on lid close. The net is full of those reports, but most have to do
> > with systemd/logind, which we don't have on Devuan.
> > Any ideas what could be wrong in Devuan?
>
> ..could be you have systemd crud onboard that you wanna drop.
> Also, it could be your hardware, as in "which laptop?"
>
> > Btw: what are all these files under /etc/systemd/system directory?
>
> ..most of my crud links to /lib/systemd/.
>
> > What does a /etc/systemd on Devuan???
>
> ..help us ID packages to build from source, help us find ways to
> translate systemdisms into other sys init isms where relevant.
>
> ..systemd is much more than an init these days, it appears capable
> of subverting or protecting e.g. Tor privacy protection systems,
> it's used in https://www.qubes-os.org/ and https://tails.boum.org/
> and is endorsed by people like Edward Snowden, who is either right,
> or wrong, in: https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/781493632293605376
>
> ..me, I'd like to see a systemd-free qubes-os style host OS.
>
> --
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> ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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