Lid closed: who is calling suspend?

Hi there.
I haven't installed acpid nor pm-utils.
My /etc/systemd/logind.conf contains "HandleLidSwitch=ignore".
And yet my Samsung series 9 laptop gets suspended on "lid close".
dmesg shows the same entries whether I invoke "systemctl suspend" or close the lid.
Questions:
.1 how is the event flow for "lid close" without acpid / pm-utils - who handles the event?
.2 how can I deactivate the handler or specify my own?
Thanks in advance,
Andy
Last edited by andy4712 (2013-05-20 18:23:04)

@andy4712
In my case I'm using XFCE as DE. I just changed my /etc/systemd/logind.conf
Standard:
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
#HandleLidSwitch=ignore
To:
HandlePowerKey=ignore (In my case I need change the Xfce Power Manager the action that I want in this button)
HandleSuspendKey=suspend
HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
This is my whole file /etc/systemd/logind.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# See logind.conf(5) for details
[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#Controllers=
#ResetControllers=cpu
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
HandlePowerKey=ignore
HandleSuspendKey=suspend
HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=yes
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes

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