Laptop lid close suspend with i3

lzhiren · 02-03-2015, 01:23 AM

Hello, I am currently using Slackware 14.1 with i3 as my window manager. I cannot seem to get my laptop to suspend when I close the lid.
I did some googling and it seems that I need to create an event in the acpi script file. I followed the solutions I found online but they didn't work.
So my question is, how do I get my laptop to suspend when I close the lid using acpi events in i3?

kontranik · 02-03-2015, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lzhiren

So my question is, how do I get my laptop to suspend when I close the lid using acpi events in i3?

you must edit this file, delete everything else from:

/etc/acpi/actions/lm_lid.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh
grep -q closed /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/state
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
   pm-suspend
   exit
fi

sorry for my bad english

TobiSGD · 02-03-2015, 09:18 AM

Alternatively, if you prefer a GUI solution, you can use xfce4-power-manager together with i3, which let's you configure the wanted behavior in its setting dialog.

lzhiren · 02-03-2015, 06:08 PM

Thanks for the help, but these solutions did not work.

When I close the lid, nothing happens. Also I tried adding xfce4-power-manager to .xinitrc, but when I try to close the lid it tells me "power manager not authorized." However if I run xfce4-power-manger from dmenu, it works. But I want a permanent fix and not just something that I have to start manually at every login.

If it helps here are my acpi files.

/etc/acpi/events/lid

Code:

event=button/lid 
action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh %e

/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh
grep -q closed /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/state
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
           pm-suspend
           exit
fi

allend · 02-04-2015, 01:35 AM

This is what I have in my /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh to hibernate when I close the lid

Code:

IFS=${IFS}/
set $@

case "$1" in
  button)
    case "$2" in
      power) /sbin/init 0
         ;;
      lid) grep -q closed /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state && /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate
         ;;
      *) logger "ACPI action $2 is not defined"
         ;;
    esac
    ;;
  *)
    logger "ACPI group $1 / action $2 is not defined"
    ;;
esac