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Automatically suspend using your own custom timing, unlike screen savers.
"""
Automatically suspend computer when the user has fallen asleep. But using your
own custom timing.
Add to your crontab with `crontab -e`
# m h dom mon dow command
0 2 * * * python3 /path/to/awake_or_suspend.py
This command either needs that your user can invoke `sudo` without a password or that it's launched with sude permissions.
Source:
https://gist.github.com/benjaoming/49015c0265f80249da080c41f79ceebc
"""
import gi
import os
import threading
import time
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from gi.repository import Gtk
def suspend(seconds):
time.sleep(seconds)
os.system("systemctl suspend -i")
class DialogWindow(Gtk.Window):
def __init__(self):
Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="Dialog Example")
self.hide()
dialog = Gtk.MessageDialog(
self,
0,
Gtk.MessageType.WARNING,
Gtk.ButtonsType.CANCEL,
"Are you awake buddy?"
)
seconds = 60 * 10 # 10 minutes
when = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=seconds)
dialog.format_secondary_text(
"I'd also like some sleep! Press 'Cancel' before "
"{:%H:%M:%S} or I'm gonna suspend myself.".format(when)
)
dialog.set_default_size(100, 100)
t = threading.Thread(target=suspend, args=(seconds,), daemon=True)
t.start()
response = dialog.run()
# if response == Gtk.ResponseType.CANCEL:
# print("The OK button was clicked")
dialog.destroy()
raise SystemExit
win = DialogWindow()
win.connect("delete-event", Gtk.main_quit)
Gtk.main()
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