Bug#731602: gnome-power-manager: Suspend whed lid closes option disappeared with gnome 3.8 update

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

Hi,

On 07.12.2013 15:12, José David wrote:
> In Debian Testing, after gnome update to 3.8, the "suspend when lid closes"
> options dissapeared from the configuration GUI and from the dconf options.
>
> Now when the lid closes, the system does nothing.
Gnome needs systemd as PID 1 for suspend on lid close to work. (see Bug 
#726763)

So you either have to use the 'init=/bin/systemd' boot parameter or 
install systemd-sysv.

Best regards,
Andreas