How to setup automatic suspend - battery settings in i3wm

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How do you set up your laptop to suspend in i3wm?

Usually in xfce I do it in system settings under battery settings. I like it to suspend automatically after 20 min unused on battery. Thanks for any inputs/ideas!

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Take a look at logind (/etc/systemd/logind.conf):

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thanks for the tip!

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HandlePowerKey=hibernate
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=suspend
...
HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s
IdleAction=hybrid-sleep
IdleActionSec=30min
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can use this also in config file

exec --no-startup-id xautolock -time 60 -locker "systemctl suspend"

can set the timer as you want
has to install xautolock first

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I like this one, will try it! :+1:

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Absolutely works. :pray:

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