docs: steam-machine-iso: live-session quirks; scripts/qmptype.py types into the VM

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kernel may fail even when DKMS built for the installed kernels. Real
hardware (Steam Machine, USB stick) is the final test: gamescope, LEDs, CEC,
power-off.
## Live-session quirks
- Copy/paste doesn't reach QEMU over Moonlight: type commands with
`python3 scripts/qmptype.py <vm dir>/qmp.sock "<command>"` (US layout, adds
Enter; the VM window's terminal must have focus). QMP `screendump` gives "no
surface" with virgl: screenshot the Steam Machine's desktop instead
(`spectacle -b -n -f -o /tmp/host.png` in its session).
- CachyOS Hello refuses to start the installer on a self-built ISO ("testing
ISO"): run `calamares-online.sh` in Konsole.
- `cachyos-calamares-next 3.4.2-13` needs `libboost_*.so.1.91.0` while the
repos ship Boost 1.92: steamify-prepare.sh puts 1.91's libraries on the ISO
(from archive.archlinux.org) until CachyOS rebuilds it.
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# qmptype.py <qmp socket> <text>: types <text> (US layout) into the VM, then Enter.
import socket, json, sys, time
sock, text = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX); s.connect(sock); f = s.makefile("rw"); f.readline()
def cmd(c):
f.write(json.dumps(c) + "\n"); f.flush(); return f.readline()
cmd({"execute": "qmp_capabilities"})
plain = {" ": "spc", "/": "slash", ".": "dot", "-": "minus", "'": "apostrophe", "\n": "ret",
"=": "equal", ",": "comma", ";": "semicolon", "\\": "backslash", "[": "bracket_left", "]": "bracket_right"}
shifted = {"&": "7", "*": "8", "_": "minus", ":": "semicolon", "|": "backslash", "~": "grave_accent",
"!": "1", "@": "2", "#": "3", "$": "4", "%": "5", "^": "6", "(": "9", ")": "0", "+": "equal", '"': "apostrophe"}
for ch in text + "\n":
keys = []
if ch.isalpha():
if ch.isupper(): keys.append("shift")
keys.append(ch.lower())
elif ch.isdigit(): keys.append(ch)
elif ch in plain: keys.append(plain[ch])
elif ch in shifted: keys += ["shift", shifted[ch]]
else: raise SystemExit("no key for %r" % ch)
cmd({"execute": "send-key", "arguments": {"keys": [{"type": "qcode", "data": k} for k in keys]}})
time.sleep(0.03)