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How to force quit a program or return to desktop (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/cachyos@sopuli.xyz
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Hi all. I'm trying out Cachy for the first time and was testing an old game on Steam (Anomaly Warzone Earth). The game went full screen but was stuck in a loading loop where I couldn't Alt+tab or Alt+F4 my way out of. The OS was still responsive and I could open up a terminal but as soon as I did, the game's loading screen would block my view. Is there a way to force minimize or kill a program when it's stuck in full screen? I heard xkill could work but I don't see how to use it when I can't even see the terminal.

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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

is this some sort of linux? if so, try ctrl+alt+f1 through f12 (to switch virtual terminal) one of them may drop you to text mode CLI login where you can use programs like ps, top, kill and killall to pick and force quit programs. you can then return with chvt or ctrl+alt+f1 through f12 to your session. it can sometimes be confusing because often one VT is the GUI login. if you get that, it doesn't necessarily mean you're logged out. your session is just on another VT.

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    • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I'm assuming Catchy is some kind of Linux? In that case you can probably hit Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F1 to get a console. Then after killing the game, use the same combo with a different F key (probably F7 or F8) to get back to the graphical interface.

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    You’ll probably have to enable it in settings first, but the usual trick across distributions is Ctrl + Alt + Bksp to drop down to console.

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