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How to force quit a program or return to desktop (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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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[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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.