how to s2ram when idle?

[whitt]

forgive me if i missed it, but i have looked into this on and off over the last year or so - just haven't found a clear solution...

i've been in the habit of su'ing and running s2ram when i plan to step away. the problem is i also walk away from my machine and leave it running for hours when i'd rather it suspend automatically when i'm idle for some time.

exactly how do i set this up?

s2ram works wonderfully for me. i just want the system to s2ram when there hasn't been any mouse or keyboard input for a while. i rarely ssh into the machine - it'd be nice if it'd stay alive when connected and could wake from suspend on connection, but that's not a problem i need to solve right now.

thanks for any pointers!

[moniaqua]

It might perhaps help to know which environment you are using. Console, Gnome, KDE, Xfce, something else?
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[whitt]

i use fluxbox... zsh and alacritty. and it's a systemd setup.

[technotorpedo]

Interesting challenge there, went looking for approaches and one that seems might work for you is using the following package, it's called xprintidle and this is the description of what the thing does.

[whitt]

thanks technotorpedo!

i appreciate hearing the only proposed solution thus far is somewhat of a hack... i was intentionally trying to avoid that sort of approach because it seemed like the kind of thing that should have been solved with other tools. i was looking at laptop-mode-tools and for whatever reason after starting that up my graphics output became super choppy. assuming it was related, i nixed that approach.

i like the xprintidle idea - that sounds like a cool approach. could be fun too.

it's just surprising that there isn't a common utility to suspend the machine the same way X can start a screensaver or turn the monitor off...

[technotorpedo]

You're welcome and there may well be such tools floating around, I avoid screensavers and lockers here. Though clear they can do along the lines of what you want. Imagine there is something available just don't know what off the top. It's been my experience someone won't know what all is readily available in a kickbutt OS like gnu/Linux, until they go looking or asking about it. Can't see anything technically wrong with the xprintidle suggestion though. Just hope it turns out being what you're shooting for and yep, hopefully some fun.
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[figueroa]

You can use xautolock with i3lock to suspend.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208699
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[technotorpedo]

^ Cool thanks for the add. Always good to have options. Another great thing imo about Linux, ask and (often) you shall receive.
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