i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 29 May 2015 14:58:38 +0000How can I disable notifications when the screen locks and enable them again when unlocking?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/I use dunst for notifications and xautolock/i3lock for a lockscreen. I'd like to disable notifications when the screen locks by using 'killall -SIGUSER1 dunst' and re-enable notifications with 'killall -SIGUSER2 dunst' when the screen is unlocked. In my i3 config I use 'exec xautolock -time 10 -locker "i3lock"', so I could add the 'killall -SIGUSR1 dunst' to that line and disable notifications, but how would I automatically re-enable them when the screen gets unlocked?Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:33:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/Answer by Michael for <p>I use dunst for notifications and xautolock/i3lock for a lockscreen. I'd like to disable notifications when the screen locks by using 'killall -SIGUSER1 dunst' and re-enable notifications with 'killall -SIGUSER2 dunst' when the screen is unlocked. In my i3 config I use 'exec xautolock -time 10 -locker "i3lock"', so I could add the 'killall -SIGUSR1 dunst' to that line and disable notifications, but how would I automatically re-enable them when the screen gets unlocked?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?answer=5655#post-id-5655See https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issues/121#issuecomment-35828848: $ cat lock.sh #!/bin/bash # suspend message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR1 dunst # lock the screen i3lock -n # resume message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR2 dunstTue, 24 Mar 2015 21:47:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?answer=5655#post-id-5655Comment by curious_one for <p>See <a href="https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issues/121#issuecomment-35828848">https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issu...</a>:</p> <pre><code>$ cat lock.sh #!/bin/bash # suspend message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR1 dunst # lock the screen i3lock -n # resume message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR2 dunst </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?comment=6031#comment-6031@i3convert you are correct. the -n is required for this to work correctly.Fri, 29 May 2015 14:58:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?comment=6031#comment-6031Comment by i3convert for <p>See <a href="https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issues/121#issuecomment-35828848">https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issu...</a>:</p> <pre><code>$ cat lock.sh #!/bin/bash # suspend message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR1 dunst # lock the screen i3lock -n # resume message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR2 dunst </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?comment=5661#comment-5661Does this really work? When I run `date; i3lock; date` in bash, the second `date` gets executed immediately. What you might want to do is to run `i3lock -n` instead. The `-n` option makes i3lock not fork. Compare the outputs of `date; i3lock; date` and `date; i3lock -n; date` to see the difference.Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:07:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?comment=5661#comment-5661Comment by curious_one for <p>See <a href="https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issues/121#issuecomment-35828848">https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/issu...</a>:</p> <pre><code>$ cat lock.sh #!/bin/bash # suspend message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR1 dunst # lock the screen i3lock -n # resume message display pkill -u "$USER" -USR2 dunst </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?comment=5656#comment-5656Exactly what I was after! thanksTue, 24 Mar 2015 21:55:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5654/how-can-i-disable-notifications-when-the-screen-locks-and-enable-them-again-when-unlocking/?comment=5656#comment-5656