[debian]Not able to get the reboot/suspend script work.

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:42:07 +0000

Hi, I am trying to get the reboot/suspend script work from i3 control mode as follows. I have created a script called i3exit , and placed it in ~/bin/ directory, this directory is my PATH. Here are the contents of the script. #!/bin/sh lock() { i3lock } case "$1" in lock) i3lock -d -i /home/neo1691/.i3/i3lock_screen.png -n ;; logout) i3-msg exit ;; suspend) sudo pm-suspend ;; hibernate) sudo pm-hibernate ;; reboot) sudo reboot ;; shutdown) sudo halt ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}" exit 2 esac Next in .i3/config I have added these lines, set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown mode "$mode_system" { bindsym l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock, mode "default" bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3exit logout, mode "default" bindsym s exec --no-startup-id i3exit suspend, mode "default" bindsym h exec --no-startup-id i3exit hibernate, mode "default" bindsym r exec --no-startup-id i3exit reboot, mode "default" bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id i3exit shutdown, mode "default" # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system" Now if I run i3exit suspend, then my laptop suspends properly. [After asking the password]. If I run i3exit lock, then my laptop gets locked, without asking for the password. But when I press $mod+pause the control mod popups appears on the i3statusbar and if I press l (lock) nothing happens and the dialogue box disappears! If I open up a terminal and `echo $PATH`, then my folder, ~/bin is seen there. But if I run this specific command: `tr '\0' '\n'

Answer by joepd for

Hi, I am trying to get the reboot/suspend script work from i3 control mode as follows. I have created a script called i3exit , and placed it in ~/bin/ directory, this directory is my PATH.

Here are the contents of the script.

#!/bin/sh
lock() {
    i3lock
}

case "$1" in
    lock)
        i3lock -d -i /home/neo1691/.i3/i3lock_screen.png -n
        ;;
    logout)
        i3-msg exit
        ;;
    suspend)
        sudo pm-suspend
        ;;
    hibernate)
        sudo pm-hibernate
        ;;
    reboot)
        sudo reboot
        ;;
    shutdown)
        sudo halt
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}"
        exit 2
esac

Next in .i3/config I have added these lines,

set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown
mode "$mode_system" {
    bindsym l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock, mode "default"
    bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3exit logout, mode "default"
    bindsym s exec --no-startup-id i3exit suspend, mode "default"
    bindsym h exec --no-startup-id i3exit hibernate, mode "default"
    bindsym r exec --no-startup-id i3exit reboot, mode "default"
    bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id i3exit shutdown, mode "default"  

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape
         bindsym Return mode "default"
             bindsym Escape mode "default"
             }
             bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system"

Now if I run i3exit suspend, then my laptop suspends properly. [After asking the password]. If I run i3exit lock, then my laptop gets locked, without asking for the password.

But when I press $mod+pause the control mod popups appears on the i3statusbar and if I press l (lock) nothing happens and the dialogue box disappears!

If I open up a terminal and echo $PATH, then my folder, ~/bin is seen there. But if I run this specific command: tr '\0' '\n' </proc/$(pidof i3)/environ | grep PATH then the $PATH doesn't have the concerned folder.

Also, will adding this line : neo1691 ALL=(ALL) ALL, NOPASSWD: /home/neo1691/bin/i3exit will stop asking passwords if I run i3exit. I just want to make sure of the syntax!

Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:10:36 +0000

That was a long way of saying that the path set in the config file of your shell is not picked up by ``i3``;) Depending on a few things with Debian and your setup, one of the following could help: - Export your newly set ``$PATH`` in the bash profile file, that also gets executed with a non-login shell - Maybe however the Shell that executes ``i3`` is ``dash`` and not ``bash``, not sure which config files it uses - Export it in ``~/.xinitrc``, before you launch ``i3``, if your login manager uses that file. That would make this PATH available to all graphical applications as well. - Set the full path of the executable in your ``i3`` config file. Good luck!

Comment by neo1691 for
That was a long way of saying that the path set in the config file of your shell is not picked up by `i3`;) Depending on a few things with Debian and your setup, one of the following could help:

Export your newly set `$PATH` in the bash profile file, that also gets executed with a non-login shell

Maybe however the Shell that executes `i3` is `dash` and not `bash`, not sure which config files it uses

Export it in `~/.xinitrc`, before you launch `i3`, if your login manager uses that file. That would make this PATH available to all graphical applications as well.

Set the full path of the executable in your `i3` config file.

Good luck!

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:33:13 +0000

I tried exporting the PATH variable as export PATH=${PATH}:/home/neo1691/bin in .xinitrc, .bash_profile as well as /etc/profile. But nothing seem to work. $SHELL says /bin/bash!

Answer by neo1691 for