https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 01 Jan 2014 11:14:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3133/managing-brightness-and-automatic-suspend/I'm currently using xfce4-power-manager, which isn't reliable enough, neither does it offer enough functions. I need a program/script to manage my brightness (lower brightness after one minute, shut down the screen after 5) and to enable automatic suspend when I close the lid of my laptop. I don't really need any other functionality. Somebody suggested cron scripts, but I do not have enough knowledge for such things. Does anybody know of any alternatives?Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:14:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3133/managing-brightness-and-automatic-suspend/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3133/managing-brightness-and-automatic-suspend/?answer=3136#post-id-3136Have a look at [laptop mode tools](http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/). The [Arch wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop_Mode_Tools) has a good article about it. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:10:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3133/managing-brightness-and-automatic-suspend/?answer=3136#post-id-3136https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3133/managing-brightness-and-automatic-suspend/?answer=3142#post-id-3142Manually compiling the previously mentioned power manager seems to have solved my issues. It can suspend now, and it also offers brightness control.Wed, 01 Jan 2014 11:14:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3133/managing-brightness-and-automatic-suspend/?answer=3142#post-id-3142