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

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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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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, those. Thanks!

[-] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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)

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks 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

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