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Games freezing when alt-tabbing. Where do I even being debugging? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 days ago by Kelbesq@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I've had a problem in several games, and I don't really no where to to being debugging it. It's not like there is any error message. Is it my DE? my distro? drivers? proton? the game engine itself?

I've done some basic web searches, and all of the answers are hyper specific, or "alt-tab just breaks some times".

The actual problem: When I alt-tab, some games will appear to freeze when I tab back in. I've noticed that while I am holding alt-tab and have a non-game window selected, the game is not frozen. As long as have not selected the window I am trying to swap to, it keeps running. It's almost as if the game has inverted it's internal state of whether it's in the foreground are not.

(if it does matter, I am using Gnome on 22.04 PopOS, Nvidia 565 driver, Steam/Proton).

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[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most probably graphics / nividia issue. But not a general issue, related to the configuration or hardware or something.

For most such cases when you can't figure out anything, it's generally a good idea to ask in your distro's support forum. There are people who can usually help you debug a few things. It doesn't always solve your problem, but you can get some possible pointers.

[–] Kelbesq@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I’ll give it a try. I’ve seen as a solution to multiple problems, so probably a good tool to learn.

Thanks. I think this it best general answer (don't solve my specific problem, but for sure answers how to best get help.)