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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:21:59 +0000bindsym q physlock -d && sudo systemctl hibernate does not work?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/I'm very new to Linux and I'm not sure why "physlock -d && systemctl hibernate" is not working (session will lock, but it will not hibernate). Basically, I want to press a button and then it will lock the session before hibernating it (if I were to just hibernate, then a password would not be prompted when returning to the session, leaving my session exposed). Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:40:45 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/Comment by Adaephon for I'm very new to Linux and I'm not sure why "physlock -d && systemctl hibernate" is not working (session will lock, but it will not hibernate). Basically, I want to press a button and then it will lock the session before hibernating it (if I were to just hibernate, then a password would not be prompted when returning to the session, leaving my session exposed). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/?comment=6419#comment-6419As for the main question: Please post the actual line(s) from your configuration (in the title at least an `exec` is missing) and binding to just "q" is not a good idea unless you are using it inside a mode.Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:21:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/?comment=6419#comment-6419Comment by Adaephon for I'm very new to Linux and I'm not sure why "physlock -d && systemctl hibernate" is not working (session will lock, but it will not hibernate). Basically, I want to press a button and then it will lock the session before hibernating it (if I were to just hibernate, then a password would not be prompted when returning to the session, leaving my session exposed). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/?comment=6418#comment-6418Please post only one question at once, especially if they are not related. Also, as the second question was off-topic, I removed it. The answer is to use `command` in order to use the binary not the other alias: `alias l='command ls -hlsZ --color=auto` and `alias ls=`command ls -ahlsZ --color=auto`.Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:50:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/?comment=6418#comment-6418Comment by Airblader for I'm very new to Linux and I'm not sure why "physlock -d && systemctl hibernate" is not working (session will lock, but it will not hibernate). Basically, I want to press a button and then it will lock the session before hibernating it (if I were to just hibernate, then a password would not be prompted when returning to the session, leaving my session exposed). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/?comment=6417#comment-6417The problem is likely that the sudo command requires your password and hence doesn't execute. Allow passwordless hibernate and then it should work, providing physlock forks.Tue, 11 Aug 2015 06:35:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6416/bindsym-q-physlock-d-sudo-systemctl-hibernate-does-not-work/?comment=6417#comment-6417