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
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
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
