On Tue November 11 2025 03:45:53 Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote:
Switched to desktop 4, Started Steam, mouse cursor changed to Steam cursor, system froze solid. CapsLock, NumLock, mouse cursor, ctrl-alt-del, and ctrl-alt-F1 all did nothing. Fan speed did not change. (I have never seen this before in more than a decade of TDE and Steam.)
Hi Mike, not excluding a TDE or TDE-triggered bug, but the fact that even ctrl-alt-F1 didn't work may indicate some other problem. Also since the fan speed didn't change, it seems it was not something going into some sort of infinite loop. I don't use Steam, so I have no experience/comparison in that field. If it happens again, could you try to ssh into the machine and see if it is usable from there? or it is instead a total kernel panic? or X becoming frozen? Whatever info you can collect may help. Cheers Michele
Sorry about not trying ssh. At the moment I'm splitting our systems half on 14.1.5 and half going back to 14.1.4 (which ain't easy).
If I find anything I'll let you know.