ansible-role-screensaver/templates/screensaver-settings.sh.j2

#!/bin/sh

# https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/6gznzp/lock_screensaver_and_power_saving_how_to_trigger/

xset s on
xset +dpms

# xset s <n1> <n2>
# n1: is the time it takes to launch the first signal that the screen will be
# shutdown. Here we generally dim the screen a bit.
# n2: is the time after n1 that we launch the second signal.
# Here we lock the screen.
# With n1 = 60 and n2 = 30 the screen will be dimmed 60 seconds after the last
# time pc was not idle and 30 seconds later (90 seconds from last non-idle
# state) the screen will be locked.
xset s {{ screensaver_sleeptime | int * 60 }} {{ screensaver_locktime | int * 60 }}

# xset dpms <n>
# n: is the time from last non-idle state after which the screen will be shutdown.
xset dpms {{ screensaver_sleeptime | int * 60 }}