There's a closed pull request on the void-packages repository betterlockscreen: patch to enable call to suspend with void. https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/19354 Description: betterlockscreen assumes you are running systemd and therefore invokes suspend using systemctl. With the patch you can now suspend on void. The patch also adds a 1 second delay before suspending to make sure the screen actually locks before suspending.