Arch Linux Systemd – Suspend and Lock Screen on Lid Close

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what is the most straightforward way to lock the screen AND suspend when closing the lid? I'm using event hooks in /etc/systemd/logind.conf and successfully suspend upon closing the lid. However I'm lost when it comes to the locking part – am I supposed to enable some screensaver service and how can I trigger two events at once in logind.conf?

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There are a couple of examples in the Arch Wiki.

Basically, it involves creating a service file for your screen locker and ensuring it is hooked to either the suspend, hibernate or sleep targets.

If you use a simple screen locker like slock, /etc/systemd/system/lock.service would look like this:

[Unit]
Description=Lock the screen on resume from suspend

[Service]
User=jason
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStart=/usr/bin/slock

[Install]
WantedBy=suspend.target

Other examples on the wiki have more complex options, including shutting down and bringing up other services, etc.

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Fedora – How to lock screen on lid closing using systemd

Target

If the HandleLidSwitch is set to sleep, you can create a new systemd service with sleep target, and thus your service will be executed when the sleep is called (lid closed) here is an example with power target.. update that to sleep.

Command on lock

This question explain how to run a command when the lock screen is enabled

Screen saver

You can use a bash to watch for screen saver if you want to trigger that when the screen saver is enabled it's explained here

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