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Nyrna - a Linux/Windows tool to suspend/resume games and applications (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6862577

This doesn't do anything particularly revolutionary, but it does give you a nice GUI with the ability to assign hotkeys to suspend/resume.

Useful if you want console-like game suspend to quick-switch between games, or if you're just trying to save on the electricity bill.

EDIT to add: suspended apps stay in RAM/VRAM, so be aware of your specs/game requirements if you're trying to achieve console-like "game switching". Also, could be incredibly useful for mobile gamers to save on battery/cool down the device a bit while not playing for a minute or two.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recently found out that a game I played froze when my pc went into auto suspend. Does this help with it too? Thanks for making this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I maybe wasn't clear, I didn't make this, I just found it and figured folks here could benefit from knowing about it!

But no clue if it'll help with that, worth a shot tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for clearing that up. Thanks for sharing then. Maybe someone else knows this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to the FAQ it doesn't help for your case. But they suggest another too. Maybe give that a look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Will do!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it won't help. It just suspends a task and going into sleep then won't help. Maybe disable suspend and change to hibernation. This would work. You most likely would need to enable it first:

Powercfg /h on

On a commandline.

You can try out easily with e. G. Procexp from sysinternals (a great Taskmanager-replacement too!). You can just suspend your game and try it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tipp! Currently, I have a bit of a problem with hibernation. My proprietary gpu driver sends me to blackscreen and forces me to hard reboot. So that I might need to fix first. :)