Note: This program is not intended for the average user using a desktop environment like Plasma, GNOME or Unity. This is intended for users of standalone window managers like i3, xmonad or awesome.

lockd will use a configuration file at $HOME/.config/lockd/main.cfg. This will be overridable using a command line switch in the future

• Automatically locks screen when system gets suspended
• Will prevent suspend before screen is locked
• Has option to disable automatic suspend on lid close

Make sure lockd starts together with your i3:

exec lockd

To lock your screen manually, do not start i3lock manually but use lockctl lock to ensure the internal state of lockd is correct.

To prevent your system from suspending when you close the lid, run lockctl lidaction ignore. To revert use lockctl lidaction suspend. You can query the status at any time using lockctl lidaction

set up xautolock: xautolock -locker 'lockctl perform_autolock'

To temporarily turn off automatic screen locking: lockctl autolock off. Once that has been run, lockctl perform_autolock turns onto a no-op