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Alternatives to xfce power manager (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

TLP

also

acpitool

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Sometimes I forget to connect the charger to the laptop, and it discharges without realizing it. When I used xfce power manager, it warned me when the charger was disconnected, can tlp or acpitool send those types of notifications?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What are the differences between tlp and acpitool?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

In a nutshell TLP's default settings are optimized for battery life upon installation, allowing you to further tweak/adjust to your needs. Whereas acpitool analyzes, but doesn't optimize without your input.

As for notifications, I don't believe either package provides them, especially since they're both cli tools (TLP has a gui, TLPUI)

As for notifications, a bash script similar to this would work:

ac_adapter=$(acpi -a | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d- -f1) if [ "$ac_adapter" = "on" ]; then notify-send "AC Adapter" "The AC Adapter is on." else notify-send "AC Adapter" "The AC Adapter is off." fi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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