i3exit script doesn't work

asked 2013-11-05 06:20:40 +0000

Anonymous

First of all, thank you for i3. I am really enjoying it.

To shutdown/lock/suspend, I have this script:

#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
    lock)
        i3lock -c 000000
        ;;
    logout)
        i3-msg exit
        ;;
    suspend)
        sudo pm-suspend | i3lock -c 000000
        ;;
    hibernate)
        sudo pm-hibernate
        ;;
    reboot)
        sudo reboot
        ;;
    shutdown)
        sudo poweroff
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}"
        exit 2
esac

exit 0

Then in my .i3/config, I 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 $mod+End mode "$mode_system"

Here is the issue: if I just call i3exit lock, it will lock the screen. If I press the combination above to call $mode, I am shown the menu but when I choose any of the options (lock, suspend), nothing happens. The menu goes away but nothing else happens.

i3exit is executable and in $PATH. How do I debug this issue? Also note that it was working fine before but wierdly it stopped working. I don't recall having done anything special.