feat: Steam's System settings and About this System like on SteamOS: OS name, Steamify as OS variant and version, serial number and Wi-Fi backend on a Steam Machine

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theupriser committed 2026-09-28 19:03:54 +02:00
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@@ -378,6 +378,46 @@ machine_status() {
pacman -Qi leds-valve-dkms-git >/dev/null 2>&1 && pacman -Qi steamos-manager >/dev/null 2>&1
}
# Steam (steamwebhelper) reads the serial number for its System settings
# straight from DMI, which the kernel makes root-only; SteamOS makes it
# readable. A tmpfiles rule does that at every boot.
SERIAL_TMPFILES=/etc/tmpfiles.d/steamify-serial.conf
# Steam's Wi-Fi backend switch goes through steamos-manager, which reads and
# writes the backend in this file (SteamOS ships it); without it, it fails
# with "Wi-Fi backend not found in config". wpa_supplicant is what
# NetworkManager uses on CachyOS anyway. Not written when someone set a
# backend themselves.
WIFI_BACKEND_CONF=/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-valve-wifi-backend.conf
wifi_backend_enable() {
[[ -f "$WIFI_BACKEND_CONF" ]] && return 0
grep -rqs '^wifi.backend=' /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d && return 0
printf '%s\n' "# Written by Steamify: Steam's Wi-Fi backend setting (steamos-manager)." \
'[device]' 'wifi.backend=wpa_supplicant' | sudo install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$WIFI_BACKEND_CONF" ||
{ err "Writing the Wi-Fi backend setting failed."; return 1; }
state_set machine wifi_backend 1
}
wifi_backend_disable() {
[[ -n "$(state_get machine wifi_backend)" ]] || return 0
sudo rm -f "$WIFI_BACKEND_CONF"
state_clear machine
}
serial_enable() {
printf '%s\n' "# Written by Steamify: Steam shows the serial number, like on SteamOS." \
'z /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 0444 - - -' | sudo tee "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" > /dev/null &&
sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" ||
{ err "Making the serial number readable for Steam failed."; return 1; }
}
serial_disable() {
sudo rm -f "$SERIAL_TMPFILES"
sudo chmod 0400 /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null
return 0
}
machine_enable() {
# The pinned kernel first when it's wanted too, so DKMS builds the LED
# driver for it once, instead of for the current kernel and then again.
@@ -403,6 +443,8 @@ EOF
# for hardware and controller settings; it knows the Steam Machine from its DMI data.
info "Installing hardware manager packages (steamos-manager & inputplumber)..."
sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm steamos-manager inputplumber || { err "Installing hardware manager packages failed."; return 1; }
serial_enable || return 1
wifi_backend_enable || return 1
sudo systemctl enable --now inputplumber.service
sudo systemctl enable --now steamos-manager.service
user_systemctl enable steamos-manager.service 2>/dev/null
@@ -426,6 +468,8 @@ machine_disable() {
sudo systemctl disable --now steamos-manager.service 2>/dev/null
sudo systemctl disable --now inputplumber.service 2>/dev/null
sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm steamos-manager inputplumber 2>/dev/null
serial_disable
wifi_backend_disable
sudo rm -f "$LED_UDEV_RULE" /etc/modules-load.d/leds-valve.conf
sudo udevadm control --reload
sudo modprobe -r leds-valve 2>/dev/null