gamescope's gaming mode shows a corrupted picture on NVIDIA (NVIDIA bug 5240452), also nested in KDE and in a KWin-only
session. With an NVIDIA GPU the conversion (gaming, boot, single, glyphs) is hidden unless already on, and nvidia takes its
place: Steam installed when missing and started at login on the Plasma desktop (user unit), with the sub-option bigpicture
for Big Picture or the normal window. The kernel parameters and early NVIDIA modules (RTX 20 series or newer) are kept as
part of it. tests/nvidia-test.sh covers the component and the menu rules against a fake GPU.
The power-off fix becomes an opt-out sub-option of Steam Machine
support. The kernel pin is no longer offered: an existing pin (and HDMI
refresh boost, which needs it) is unticked so a normal run removes it.
Components record a feature version on each successful run; installs
with an older version are ticked and updated, and new default
sub-options are ticked where their parent is on.
Kernels >= 7.2 keep the firmware's S4/S5 wake bit on GPIO pin 18, so the
Steam Machine starts again right after powering off. Steam Machine
support now builds a DKMS module (patches/steamify-fremont-poweroff.c)
that clears it before power-off, for every kernel. The kernel pin is no
longer ticked by default. Module sources and patches move to patches/,
embedded by the single-file build.
The item's switch becomes a Set up / Manage button. Manage lists the
saved displays, removes one with its Remove button, and sets up the
connected display when it has no saved rates.
Rates are saved per display (EDID ID) and loaded by the hotplug script
for whichever display is connected. The item is on only while the
connected display is boosted; unticking removes just that one. The app
lists the saved displays and removes any of them (hdmi-forget).
Steamify CachyOS on the desktop and in the launcher starts the newest app
(in Konsole the first time, while PySide6 still has to be installed); the
terminal menu is Steamify Terminal in the launcher. A shortcut from before
2.0.1 is ticked in the menu, so a normal run replaces it. steamify-app.sh
leaves the shortcut's launcher entry (same id) alone.
Set up… opens a screen with the display, its resolution and the rates on
offer. The display's own faster mode is switched to right away; the other
rates can each be tried live (wait for the picture, keep within 15 s or it
switches back) and ticked; Install installs the ticked ones through
apply --hdmi. All rates are loaded when the screen opens, so a try is only a
mode switch. Also fixes switching back to a rate like 59.97 Hz.
The app gets its texts and the same rules as the menu: unticking Steam
Machine support or the kernel pin unticks it. It can't be turned on from
the app, as each step needs someone at the keyboard to confirm the picture.
Pushes to feat/v2-ui publish the pre-release v2-ui-preview (never latest);
its steamify-app.sh downloads that build (STEAMIFY_RELEASE). The app's
1280x720 layout now stretches to the window's shape, so the bars reach the
edges; re-apply resets when back on the menu.
bios_enable split into bios_prepare (download, checksum, fwupd check) and
bios_flash; the terminal flow is unchanged. The app: check, warning 1,
warning 2 (type UPDATE, or hold A/OK for 5 seconds), flash, restart.
ui/steamify-ui (PySide6 + QML): menu, review, password, applying and done
screens from the design, scaled to the window. Controller via evdev,
keyboard, TV remote (cecd). steamify.sh --backend status|apply (lib/backend.sh)
drives the same components; sudo asks through an askpass helper.
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