I’ve been using i3 for a while now, but the xfce power manager doesn’t work outside the desktop environment, is there any alternative you can recommend? It doesn’t matter if it is a terminal based or graphical interface program, I just need something that can suspend the computer after a certain time or lock it when the laptop is closed

  • boredsquirrel
    2·
    1 month ago

    Also adding auto-cpufreq, ryzenadj, tuned.

    But this depends on your CPU used.

    TLP is good, tuned may be better?

    TLP has a common USB lost issue, that is mitigated by disabling USB-autosuspend in the config. TLP config is found here

    And if you need a tool for warning about AC disconnect, you can use a systemd service.

    cat > /usr/local/bin/check_ac.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash

while true; do
    if [[ "$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online)" -eq 0 ]]; then
        notify-send -t 20 -a "Power" "AC Disconnected"
    fi
		sleep 20
done
EOF

    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/check_ac.sh

    cat > /etc/systemd/user/ac-warning.service <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Monitor AC State and Notify

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/check_ac.sh
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical.target
EOF

    systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now ac-warning.service