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

    • Manito Manopla@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 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?

      • mad_asshatter@lemmy.world
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        2 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