steamify-cachyos-live-iso/TODO.md

To do (Steam Machine edition)

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1. Steamify installer page (in progress 2026-09-28; next ISO build after 13:00). Done in the tree, not yet tried in Calamares:
   • packagechooserq@steamifypage right after the packages page, titled "Steamify"; the old skip/boot pages are gone.
   • usr/local/share/steamify-installer/SteamifyPage.qml: CachyOS installer look (palette, turquoise #00CED1, standard Switch/RadioButton), rows left, explanation right, Boot into under the conversion. Stores the on-ids (+ boot for desktop, none) as packagechooser_steamifypage; steamify-install turns that into --options/--boot.
   • Rows from steamify.sh --defaults --list (Steamify 2.8.0, feature/defaults-list): Items.qml in usr/local/share/steamify/qml (fallback: steamify-installer/Items.qml, copied by steamify-prepare.sh).
   • Next: copy Theme.qml too (Texts.qml needs it); fix the RowLayout "recursive rearrange" warning; calamares-online.sh downloads the newest steamify.sh + Texts/Theme before Calamares (fallback: the ISO's) and writes Items.qml from --defaults --list. Build with steamify-prepare.sh <2.8.0 checkout> (vmisobuild.sh --steamify /mnt), test in the ISO VM (vmisoboot.sh --fresh --fremont), check /var/log/steamify-install.log.
   • Quick page test without a build: qml6 in the test VM with a stub config and stub io.calamares modules (QT_FORCE_STDERR_LOGGING=1).
2. Check the live name (the build tree has it right: build/x86_64/airootfs/etc/os-release) after the next build: Hello's subtitle should say "Steamify CachyOS, based on CachyOS rolling" (steamify-customize.sh, run by mkarchiso after the packages; the airootfs copy of os-release is overwritten by a package).
3. Steamify PR for feat/defaults-options (2.7.0, c4ec755: --options, --boot; also steamify.sh --boot on its own and the HDMI-CEC volume fix): pushed and regression-tested in the VM (--fremont), no PR yet; the user merges (never commit to main). 2.6.0 is released. Until 2.7.0 is, build the ISO with steamify-prepare.sh ~/projects/steamify-cachyos (the branch).
4. Build in the test VM instead of on the Steam Machine (steam-machine-iso skill), and install the result unattended with scripts/vminstall.sh --iso (vm-install skill; the Calamares Steamify step then needs steamify-install run from the live script).
5. Test on the real Steam Machine from a USB stick (gamescope, LEDs, CEC, power-off) before calling the ISO usable.

Done

• Steamify 2.6.0 released (--defaults, install-time mode).
• Live session (VM, --fremont): Vapor look and layout (Steam Deck wallpaper) at the live login; the power-off module is built for both ISO kernels and loaded at boot, in the VM it returns "No such device" (no AMDI0030 GPIO controller), as designed. Whether it keeps the real Steam Machine off is part of the hardware test.
• Regression test 2.6.0 on an existing desktop install (test VM from ssh-ready, --fremont): full first run, re-apply, notifications/CEC/theme off and on again. No errors; user units enabled and running, theme applied and restored live, no first-login autostart with a session.
• ISO name: steamify-cachyos-<date>-x86_64.iso (iso_name in archiso/profiledef.sh); the volume label stays COS_<yyyymm>.
• VM install from the ISO (2026-09-27, f42859a): a VM install from the ISO (Hello's Install, no manual fixes) ran Steamify's step: every component OK, exit: 0, SDDM autologin into gamescope. First desktop login (session switched to plasma in the VM) passed too: Vapor layout, the app opened with everything on. The first-login script runs the newest release, so it only works once 2.6.0 is released (in the test it was pointed at the bundle). The VM's text console doesn't show (virgl): read the installed disk with qemu-nbd -r + mount -o ro,rescue=nologreplay,subvol=@ (logs in @log).

Later

• Branding: the live session's os-release says "Steamify, based on CachyOS" (Hello's subtitle); Hello's window title and the boot menu still say CachyOS. Check with the CachyOS team.
• Release: a CI job that builds the ISO (privileged container, flags from the steam-machine-iso skill) and hosts it (>2 GB, not a GitHub release asset).
• Drop the Boost 1.91 workaround in steamify-prepare.sh once cachyos-calamares-next is rebuilt against the repos' Boost.

Build and test details: the steam-machine-iso skill in steamify-cachyos-dev.