Re: xidle(1) and autosuspend

On 2022-06-07, Florian Obser <florian@narrans.de> wrote:
> Since my other computer is a datacenter, and my laptop is just a
> glorified vt100, I figured how to autosuspend it when it's idle for some
> time.
>
> I already at xidle(1) in my .xsession to start xlock(1). I then
> discovered -startCmd in xlock(1).
>
> I know have this:
>
> $ cat xlock_zzz
> #! /bin/sh
>
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -startCmd "/bin/sleep 300 && /usr/sbin/zzz"
>
> and this in my .xsession:
>
> xidle -program /home/florian/bin/xlock_zzz -timeout 300 &
>
> So after 5 minutes xidle starts xlock and 5 minutes after that my laptop
> autosuspends. If I unlock the laptop before 5 minutes expire the sleep
> gets killed and the laptop doesn't suspend.


this is neat, but it makes me wish for ssh resume ;)