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The "STOP" button should be able to kill processes

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7220 · opened 2020-06-24 by iddm · updated 2020-06-24 · 1 comments · github
Iiddm 2020-06-24 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Jun 20 2020 at 00:01:08
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): ArchLinux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

The STOP button should be able to send "kill -SIGKILL" to a process, without waiting for the graceful shutdown. Most of times, if a game hangs, the stop button is completely useless, and everytime I have to lookup a process in the process table and guess its name (like its not a "MortalKombat11.exe" but MK.exe) and kill about 5 processes manually entering the numbers.
If steam had had such an ability just via a single button, it would have been very much appreciated and useful.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Try to run any game which hangs on your system. Perhaps, you may code a "while (true) {}" right in the main, add such a "game" into your steam library and run it via proton (or not via proton).
  2. Wait for the "game" to run and hang.
  3. Press the "STOP" button - it won't stop the process no matter how many times you press it, and the only possible way is to kill the processes yourself.
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-06-24 github

Hello @vityafx, this issue is already being tracked at #6689. Closing in favor of the older issue report.

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