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Power management under i3 on Arch Linux

Created March 10, 2014 · Updated June 27, 2026 · 1 min read · 20 words

  1. sudo pacman -S xfce4-power-manager

  2. xfce4-power-manager-settings

    Make the necessary configuration settings, such as suspending upon closing the lid

  3. vi .config/i3/config

    Add this at the bottom:

    Terminal window
    exec --no-startup-id sleep 3 && xfce4-power-manager