My game keeps freezing after the intro screen—specifically in TF2 where I just get a black screen and can’t do anything. Are there any button shortcuts or other methods to close a frozen game?
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What have you already attempted? Worst comes to worst, you can hit CTRL+ALT+F1 to log in, look for the process using ‘ps -A’, and kill it from there. Alternatively, try ALT-TAB to switch to another window like Steam and use the stop button.
If your system is unresponsive, you can use the Alt+SysRq key combination (it’s the Print Screen button) followed by ‘e’ to safely terminate processes. This way, you won’t have to force shutdown your computer. Check out the Magic SysRq key for more details!
If your game freezes, a quick solution is to press the Super key to access the KDE panel, then quit the game through the Steam window. If that’s not working, try using Shift-Esc to open the System Monitor and kill the process from there. If things are really stuck, you can also switch to a TTY session with Ctrl-Alt-F3 and kill the game from there.
I’ll definitely give that a try next time!
CTRL+ALT+F1 is the debug console, right? I usually use F3! Also, SysRq can come in handy for urgent stuff.