xfce4-power-manager suspend not available for lid close

1. Install pm-utils

   sudo apt-get install pm-utils
   

2. Reboot

Reference: [Solved] Issues with xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0

Discussion resume that: upower is relying on pm-utils to check for suspend/hibernate capability.

The broken link in the reference page should point to related bug report: Debian bug#639754 [upower] upower doesn't verify correctly the "suspend" and "hibernate" capabilities correctly

Not sure about this as upower package has Depends: pm-utils | systemd | systemd-services. I thought they should be alternatives. So may be there is other solution using systemd-services which is installed by default.

The same symptoms and output of xfce4-power-manager can be observed with pm-utils installed. In that case, it is possible at least to restore the suspend when lid is closed using the information on Xfce4 FAQ page, section "How can I make logind handle button events":

To have logind handle the lid open/close event: xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-lid-switch -n -t bool -s true

To have logind handle the power key: xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-power-key -n -t bool -s true

To have logind handle the suspend key: xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-suspend-key -n -t bool -s true

To have logind handle the hibernate key: xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-hibernate-key -n -t bool -s true