[partly SOLVED] Controlling the uswsusp s2both feature with acpid

Question

Hi,
I am currently using uswsusp on my laptop to suspend to both disk and RAM, which works flawlessly by using the
$ s2both
command.
Now, I would like to use acpid to execute that command and also lock my screen using my display manager which is xdm, whenever I close the lid of my laptop and resume once I open it again.
passing
acpi_listen
and then closing and opening the lid gives me:
button/lid LID close
button/lid LID open
Next I created the following file: /etc/acpi/events/lid_close
It contains:
event=button/lid LID close.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid_close.sh "%e"
The problem is, that I have no idea what the corresponding lid_close.sh script would need to look like in order to do what I want it to do.
I'm aware that I would need an additional event file for the opening of the lid and a corresponding script, but for now I would be happy with automating the suspension/lock process and resuming manually using the power button.
Hopefully you can help me with this.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Troglodyte (2012-04-05 14:39:02)

Answer 1

Ok.
my /etc/acpi/events/anything file now looks like this:
# Pass all events to our one handler script
event=button/lid LID close.*
action=/etc/acpi/handler.sh %e
My /etc/acpi/handler.sh looks like this
button/lid)
case "$3" in
close)
#echo "LID closed!">/dev/tty5
s2both
open)
#echo "LID opened!">/dev/tty5
esac
and it works!
Didn't think it would be that easy. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction nierro!
Now I just need to figure out how to return to xdm instead of my WM upon resume.
Last edited by Troglodyte (2012-04-05 13:01:33)