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Is it possible to suspend games on PC like the Steam Deck? (feddit.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello fellow Linux gamers,

Is there a way to pause or suspend games and turn off the PC similar to how the Steam Deck handles it? Or is this functionality exclusive to the Steam Deck?

I'm using Arch btw, but feel free to share solutions for other distros as well.

I came across Nyrna, but it seems to only support X11 and not Wayland, according to the description.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Weren't there a kill command to pause any app and another to wake it up?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

there is, you send the SIGSTP and SIGCONT to any process for it to be suspended or resumed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, those. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It doesn't work for all games. I think Grey Goo was problematic

(I remember doing thid when I had an Nvidia. Someone noted down that Nvidia does have issues. Maybe I should try again with my AMD)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Technically it works, but they are doing something that makes them bug away when resumed. It is not rare that this is related to graphics