Merge pull request #76 from theupriser/release/2.11.0

Release 2.11.0: Start Steam silently in desktop mode, Steam Deck icons under the conversion, installer fixes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ one per merged pull request.
 
 ## 2.11.0 - 2026-10-01
 
-- `5da1833` **feat: "Start Steam silently" sub-option: under the SteamOS conversion (`silent`, on by default, as before) and under Gaming on NVIDIA (`nvsilent`, opt-in, not together with Big Picture); on a Steam Machine only when it boots into the desktop**
+- `2e51d1d`, `3494924`, `fbdad5a`, `079e725`, `188799e` **feat: "Start Steam silently" sub-option: under the SteamOS conversion (`silent`, opt-in now: it was always on before; an existing one is moved from its systemd unit to the autostart entry by the "update") and under Gaming on NVIDIA (`nvsilent`, opt-in, not together with Big Picture); the SteamOS one is called "Start Steam silently in desktop mode" and is always shown, also on a Steam Machine; it is Steam's own autostart entry (`~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop`), so Steam's setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" follows it**
+- `2f7b53f` **fix: the Steam Machine's serial number step no longer fails inside the ISO's installer (`/sys` is read-only in its chroot; the tmpfiles.d file applies at the next boot anyway), which made `machine` report an error and the install log end with `exit: 1`**
+- `45a23af`, `bd8f387` **feat: `STEAMIFY_NO_DOWNLOAD` (the ISO's `steamify.nodownload` kernel parameter): the installed system's first login runs the Steamify bundle of the ISO instead of downloading the newest release (to test an unreleased Steamify)**
+- `f3810a9` **fix: the SteamOS theme no longer leaves a blank Discover pin in the taskbar (Plasma's default taskbar pins Discover, which CachyOS doesn't install); the taskbar gets CachyOS's own pins (System Settings, files, browser), also on the ISO's first login**
+- `7869b47` **feat: "Steam Deck/Machine icons" (`glyphs`) is a sub-option of the SteamOS conversion, like "Start Steam silently in desktop mode": it only changes gaming mode**
+- `4d387b2` **chore: the Steamify unit tests (`controllers-test.sh`, `nvidia-test.sh`) and the NVIDIA hardware test live in steamify-cachyos-dev (`tests/`) now; `tests/` is removed here**
 
 ## 2.10.0 - 2026-10-01
 

TECHNICAL.md

@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ tools write to the conf.d fragment into the base config.
   installs `/usr/local/bin/sync-steamos-session.sh` plus
   `sync-steamos-session.path`/`.service`;
 - `KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1` for the virtual keyboard; the sub-option `silent`
-  ("Start Steam silently", on by default) adds a `steam-desktop-autostart`
-  systemd user service that starts Steam silently in Plasma only;
+  ("Start Steam silently in desktop mode", opt-in, always shown) writes
+  `~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop` (the system steam.desktop with `-silent` in its Exec line). That is the
+  file Steam's own setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" creates and removes, so the setting shows it. An older
+  `steam-desktop-autostart` user unit is removed;
 - the **Return to Gaming Mode** shortcut; on plasma-login-manager with a
   narrow sudoers rule (`/etc/sudoers.d/gamescope-session-switch`) so it can
   restart the login manager without a password prompt.
@@ -124,7 +126,8 @@ The conversion also sets what Steam's System settings show, see
 
 **Steam Deck/Machine icons:** `STEAM_GAMEPADUI_ARGS="-gamepadui -steamos3"`
 in `~/.config/environment.d/` (and gamescope-session's own environment
-file), which makes Steam show Steam Deck button glyphs in gaming mode.
+file), which makes Steam show Steam Deck button glyphs in gaming mode. It is a sub-option of the SteamOS conversion (`gaming`):
+it does nothing without gaming mode, ticking it ticks the conversion and turning the conversion off turns it off.
 
 ## SteamOS desktop look
 
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ DKMS modules, built for every installed kernel, so `install_kernel_headers` (`li
 headers first. A PC that already has the AUR's `xone-dkms-git` keeps it: it provides the same driver and conflicts with the repo's
 `xone-dkms`. Status is the three packages being installed. Off removes only what Steamify installed (state
 `extended_controller_support`, `installed_pkgs`); the headers stay. The drivers load when the device shows up: the dongle is
-plugged in again, or the controller reconnected. `tests/controllers-test.sh` tests it with a stub `pacman`.
+plugged in again, or the controller reconnected. Its test is in steamify-cachyos-dev (`tests/controllers-test.sh`).
 
 ## Gaming on NVIDIA
 
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ and boot entries are rebuilt and checked for the parameters. The early-load drop
 has the NVIDIA modules (mkinitcpio fails on a missing module, and `limine-mkinitcpio` then skips that kernel's boot entry):
 a pacman hook (`/etc/pacman.d/hooks/85-steamify-nvidia-initramfs.hook`, after DKMS, before the initramfs is built) runs
 `/usr/local/libexec/steamify-nvidia-initramfs` at every kernel or driver change and decides again. Turning it off removes
-all of it. `tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh check|apply|visual` is for a real NVIDIA PC (writes `~/steamify-nvidia-report.txt`). `tests/nvidia-test.sh` tests it against a fake GPU, a stub `pacman` and `systemctl`, and a temp home.
+all of it. The tests are in steamify-cachyos-dev: `tests/nvidia-test.sh` (a fake GPU, a stub `pacman` and `systemctl`, a temp home) and `tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh` (a real NVIDIA PC).
 
 Tried and dropped (notes in steamify-cachyos-dev, `nvidia/HARDWARE-RESULTS.md`): a gamescope session that opens Big Picture in Plasma (it needed the `start-gamescope-session`
 command shadowed in `/usr/local/bin`, and showed the desktop for a few seconds, then a Steam window with a black border);
@@ -344,8 +347,7 @@ desktop through its desktop layout (A = Enter, B = Esc, Y = Space, X =
 Steam's keyboard), in gaming mode as a gamepad.
 
 Steam reads the list only at startup and writes it back on exit, so Steam is
-closed (`steam -shutdown`) for the edit and started again (through
-`steam-desktop-autostart.service` when it's there). That's refused in gaming
+closed (`steam -shutdown`) for the edit and started again (`steam -silent`). That's refused in gaming
 mode and when Steamify itself was started from Steam (`SteamGameId`), since
 closing Steam would end it. An entry for the start script that's already
 there (added by hand, or with the path from before 2.5.0) is updated, not
@@ -490,7 +492,8 @@ In the home folder, everything is under `steamify`:
 | `~/.local/share/steamify/bin/` | The shortcut's start scripts (`run-app`, `run-wizard`) and `steamify-notifier` |
 | `~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/steamify.svg` | The shortcut's icon |
 | `~/.local/share/applications/steamify-*.desktop` | The launcher entries |
-| `~/.config/systemd/user/` | `steamify-update-check.*`, `steam-desktop-autostart.service` |
+| `~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop` | the `silent` option (Steam's "Run Steam when my computer starts") |
+| `~/.config/systemd/user/` | `steamify-update-check.*` |
 
 System-wide: `/usr/local/lib/steamify/` (kernel headers script),
 `/usr/src/steamify-*` (DKMS modules), `/var/cache/steamify/kernel` (the old
@@ -536,7 +539,9 @@ steamify.sh --defaults --list                           # what --defaults can se
 item this PC can't use (e.g. `vram` without a VRAM region) is left off with
 a warning. `--boot desktop` needs `gaming`. Unknown options, ids, `boot` or
 `bios` in the list: exit code 1 before anything changes. What needs a
-Plasma session waits for the first login (`lib/first-login.sh`).
+Plasma session waits for the first login (`lib/first-login.sh`). The same step (and the online theme path) replaces Plasma's default taskbar pins, which include Discover
+(not installed on CachyOS: a blank icon), by CachyOS's own (`taskbar_drop_discover` in `lib/vapor-theme.sh`; skipped when Discover is
+installed or the taskbar already has its own `launchers`).
 
 With `Relogin=true`, a gamescope session that fails to start is restarted
 immediately, which can turn into a loop - see

lib/backend.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ backend_status() {
         items+="${items:+,}{\"id\":$(json_str "$c"),\"label\":$(json_str "${LABEL[$c]%%:*}")"
         items+=",\"hint\":$(json_str "$( [[ "${LABEL[$c]}" == *:* ]] && echo "${LABEL[$c]#*: }")")"
         items+=",\"kind\":\"$kind\",\"parent\":$(json_str "$parent")"
-        items+=",\"needs\":$(json_str "$([[ "$c" == silent ]] && silent_needs_boot && echo boot)")"
+        items+=",\"needs\":\"\""
         items+=",\"on\":$( [[ "$now" == 1 ]] && echo true || echo false)"
         items+=",\"wanted\":$( [[ "${WANTED[$c]:-0}" == 1 ]] && echo true || echo false)"
         items+=",\"update\":$(feature_outdated "$c" && echo true || echo false)"
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ backend_apply() {
     [[ "${WANTED[nvsilent]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvidia]=1
     [[ "${WANTED[bigpicture]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvsilent]=0
     [[ "${WANTED[nvidia]:-0}" == 0 ]] && { WANTED[bigpicture]=0; WANTED[nvsilent]=0; }
-    [[ "${WANTED[silent]:-0}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming && WANTED[gaming]=1
-    [[ "${WANTED[gaming]:-0}" == 0 ]] && WANTED[silent]=0
+    [[ "${WANTED[silent]:-0}" == 1 || "${WANTED[glyphs]:-0}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming && WANTED[gaming]=1
+    [[ "${WANTED[gaming]:-0}" == 0 ]] && { WANTED[silent]=0; WANTED[glyphs]=0; }
     [[ "${WANTED[poweroff]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[machine]=1
     [[ "${WANTED[machine]:-0}" == 0 ]] && WANTED[poweroff]=0
     [[ "${WANTED[kpin]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[machine]=1
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ backend_apply() {
     # Retired: only ever removed.
     WANTED[hdmi]=0
     case "$boot" in desktop) WANTED[boot]=1; WANTED[gaming]=1 ;; gamescope) WANTED[boot]=0 ;; esac
-    silent_normalize
 
     REAPPLY=$reapply
     plan_changes

lib/first-login.sh

@@ -7,13 +7,25 @@
 
 FIRST_LOGIN_ENTRY="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/autostart/steamify-first-login.desktop"
 FIRST_LOGIN_SCRIPT="$STEAMIFY_BIN/first-login"
+FIRST_LOGIN_BUNDLE="$STEAMIFY_BIN/first-login-steamify.sh"
 
 first_login_schedule() {
+    # The newest release's Steamify runs at the first login. STEAMIFY_NO_DOWNLOAD (the ISO was started with
+    # steamify.nodownload, to test an unreleased Steamify): this very bundle runs instead.
+    # (Only a single-file bundle can be copied; SCRIPT_DIR doesn't exist in one.)
+    local run self="${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-}"
+    if [[ -n "${STEAMIFY_NO_DOWNLOAD:-}" && -f "$self" ]] && grep -q '^# Single-file build' "$self"; then
+        install_executable "$FIRST_LOGIN_BUNDLE" 755 < "$self"
+        run="bash \"$FIRST_LOGIN_BUNDLE\" --first-login; rm -f \"$FIRST_LOGIN_BUNDLE\""
+    else
+        run="curl -fsSL --max-time 30 \"$WIZARD_URL\" | bash -s -- --first-login"
+    fi
     install_executable "$FIRST_LOGIN_SCRIPT" 755 << EOF2
 #!/bin/bash
 # Installed by Steamify CachyOS: runs once, at the first desktop login.
 set -o pipefail
-curl -fsSL --max-time 30 "$WIZARD_URL" | bash -s -- --first-login
+mkdir -p ~/.cache
+{ $run; } > ~/.cache/steamify-first-login.log 2>&1
 rm -f "$FIRST_LOGIN_ENTRY" "\$0"
 [[ -x "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER" ]] && exec "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER"
 EOF2
@@ -31,10 +43,9 @@ first_login_run() {
         [[ -n "$(plasma_applets org.kde.plasma.kickoff)" ]] && break
         sleep 2
     done
-    if single_status; then
     stop_plasmashell_for_edit
-        single_launcher
+    taskbar_drop_discover
+    single_status && single_launcher
     restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
-    fi
     return 0
 }

lib/menu.sh

@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@
 
 # Menu order. Components are turned on in this order and off in reverse;
 # gaming must come first (single user builds on it).
-COMPONENTS=(gaming boot silent nvidia bigpicture nvsilent theme glyphs single launcher steamgame notify extended_controller_support vram cec machine poweroff kpin hdmi bios)
+COMPONENTS=(gaming boot silent glyphs nvidia bigpicture nvsilent theme single launcher steamgame notify extended_controller_support vram cec machine poweroff kpin hdmi bios)
 # One-off actions rather than on/off components: never preselected, never
 # re-applied, not listed as on or off.
 ACTIONS=(bios)
 # Sub-options, shown indented under their parent and only while it's ticked.
-declare -A PARENT=([boot]=gaming [silent]=gaming [bigpicture]=nvidia [nvsilent]=nvidia [steamgame]=launcher [poweroff]=machine [kpin]=machine [hdmi]=machine [bios]=machine)
+declare -A PARENT=([boot]=gaming [silent]=gaming [glyphs]=gaming [bigpicture]=nvidia [nvsilent]=nvidia [steamgame]=launcher [poweroff]=machine [kpin]=machine [hdmi]=machine [bios]=machine)
 # Never preselected on a first run: booting into the desktop is a choice,
 # gamescope is the default; HDMI-CEC is opt-in (it can wake the machine or
 # upset other devices on the TV, even on SteamOS), except on a Steam Machine,
 # which has CEC like on SteamOS. HDMI refresh boost needs someone at the
 # screen to confirm each step. Extended controller support builds kernel modules for
 # every installed kernel: opt-in.
-NO_PRESELECT=(boot nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
+NO_PRESELECT=(boot silent nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
 # Feature versions: the Steamify version in which what a component's enable
 # sets up last changed; set it to the new VERSION whenever you change one.
 # Each successful run records it (state "features"); a component that's on
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ NO_PRESELECT=(boot nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
 # FEATURE_BASELINE.
 FEATURE_BASELINE=2.1.0
 declare -A FEATURE_VERSION=(
-    [gaming]=2.9.0 [boot]=2.1.0 [silent]=2.1.0 [nvidia]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [nvsilent]=2.11.0 [theme]=2.1.0 [glyphs]=2.1.0 [single]=2.1.0
+    [gaming]=2.9.0 [boot]=2.1.0 [silent]=2.11.0 [nvidia]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [nvsilent]=2.11.0 [theme]=2.1.0 [glyphs]=2.1.0 [single]=2.1.0
     [launcher]=2.1.0 [cec]=2.7.0 [machine]=2.9.0 [poweroff]=2.2.0 [vram]=2.3.0 [notify]=2.5.0 [steamgame]=2.5.1 [extended_controller_support]=2.10.0
     [kpin]=2.1.0 [hdmi]=2.1.0
 )
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ declare -A LABEL=(
     [gaming]="SteamOS conversion: boot into gaming mode, Steam on the desktop"
     [boot]="Boot into the desktop instead of gaming mode"
     [nvidia]="Gaming on NVIDIA: Steam on the desktop, started at login"
-    [silent]="Start Steam silently: in the tray at login on the desktop, no window"
+    [silent]="Start Steam silently in desktop mode: in the tray at login on the desktop, no window"
     [nvsilent]="Start Steam silently: in the tray at login, no window (untick: Steam's normal window)"
     [bigpicture]="Steam starts in Big Picture: the controller-friendly Steam (untick: Steam's normal window)"
     [theme]="Install SteamOS theme: Vapor look (cachyos-vapor)"
@@ -81,25 +81,12 @@ boot_mode() {
     if [[ "$1" == 1 ]]; then echo desktop; else echo gamescope; fi
 }
 
-silent_needs_boot() {
-    # On a Steam Machine, silent start only makes sense when it boots into
-    # the desktop (gaming mode starts its own Steam): the option is hidden,
-    # and off, while "Boot into" is gaming mode.
-    machine_available
-}
-
-silent_normalize() {
-    silent_needs_boot && [[ "${WANTED[boot]:-0}" != 1 ]] && WANTED[silent]=0
-    return 0
-}
-
 menu_visible() {
     # Shown in the menu. A sub-option ("Boot into", the kernel pin) only
     # while its parent is ticked.
     component_available "$1" || return 1
     # Silent start is hidden while Steam starts in Big Picture.
     [[ "$1" == nvsilent && "${WANTED[bigpicture]:-0}" == 1 ]] && return 1
-    [[ "$1" == silent ]] && silent_needs_boot && [[ "${WANTED[boot]:-0}" != 1 ]] && return 1
     [[ -z "${PARENT[$1]:-}" || "${WANTED[${PARENT[$1]}]:-0}" == 1 ]]
 }
 
@@ -220,7 +207,6 @@ detect_components() {
         done
         machine_available && WANTED[cec]=1
     fi
-    silent_normalize
 }
 
 defaults_options() {
@@ -277,7 +263,6 @@ defaults_options() {
             WANTED[boot]=1 ;;
         gamescope) WANTED[boot]=0 ;;
     esac
-    silent_normalize
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -301,7 +286,7 @@ defaults_list() {
         [[ "$c" == cec ]] && machine_available && on=true
         items+="${items:+,}{\"id\":$(json_str "$c"),\"label\":$(json_str "${LABEL[$c]%%:*}")"
         items+=",\"hint\":$(json_str "$( [[ "${LABEL[$c]}" == *:* ]] && echo "${LABEL[$c]#*: }")")"
-        items+=",\"kind\":\"$kind\",\"parent\":$(json_str "${PARENT[$c]:-}"),\"needs\":$(json_str "$([[ "$c" == silent ]] && silent_needs_boot && echo boot)"),\"hideWhen\":$(json_str "$([[ "$c" == nvsilent ]] && echo bigpicture)"),\"on\":$on,\"selectable\":$sel}"
+        items+=",\"kind\":\"$kind\",\"parent\":$(json_str "${PARENT[$c]:-}"),\"needs\":\"\",\"hideWhen\":$(json_str "$([[ "$c" == nvsilent ]] && echo bigpicture)"),\"on\":$on,\"selectable\":$sel}"
     done
     printf '[%s]\n' "$items"
 }
@@ -322,9 +307,9 @@ toggle_component() {
     # Silent and Big Picture exclude each other.
     if [[ "$c" == nvsilent && "${WANTED[nvsilent]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[nvidia]=1; WANTED[bigpicture]=0; fi
     if [[ "$c" == nvidia && "${WANTED[nvidia]}" == 0 ]]; then WANTED[nvsilent]=0; fi
-    if [[ "$c" == gaming && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 0 ]]; then WANTED[silent]=0; fi
+    if [[ "$c" == gaming && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 0 ]]; then WANTED[silent]=0; WANTED[glyphs]=0; fi
     if [[ "$c" == silent && "${WANTED[silent]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[gaming]=1; fi
-    silent_normalize
+    if [[ "$c" == glyphs && "${WANTED[glyphs]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[gaming]=1; fi
     # The power-off fix is opt-out: ticked along with Steam Machine support.
     if [[ "$c" == machine ]]; then WANTED[poweroff]=${WANTED[machine]}; fi
     if [[ "$c" == poweroff && "${WANTED[poweroff]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[machine]=1; fi

lib/steam-desktop.sh

@@ -16,34 +16,51 @@ steam_enable() {
 }
 
 # Sub-option of the SteamOS conversion: Steam starts silently (in the tray,
-# no window) on the Plasma desktop.
+# no window) on the Plasma desktop. It is Steam's own autostart entry, the file
+# Steam's setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" creates and removes, so
+# that setting shows what Steamify did (and the other way around). Steam's copy
+# is the system steam.desktop; ours has -silent in its Exec line.
+STEAM_AUTOSTART="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/autostart/steam.desktop"
+STEAM_SYSTEM_DESKTOP=/usr/share/applications/steam.desktop
+
 silent_status() {
+    # The old systemd unit counts as on too (until it is migrated by an update of this option).
+    grep -qs '^Exec=.*-silent' "$STEAM_AUTOSTART" ||
         [[ -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service" ]]
 }
 
-silent_enable() {
-    local systemd_user_dir="$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
-    mkdir -p "$systemd_user_dir"
-    service_file steam-desktop-autostart.service > "$systemd_user_dir/steam-desktop-autostart.service"
-    # Clean out old .desktop shortcut so they don't fight
-    rm -f "$HOME/.config/autostart/steam.desktop"
+silent_old_unit_remove() {
+    # Before 2.11.0 the option was a systemd user unit: it would start Steam a second time.
+    local unit="$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service"
+    [[ -f "$unit" ]] || return 0
+    user_systemctl disable --now steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null
+    rm -f "$unit"
     user_systemctl daemon-reload
-    user_systemctl enable --now steam-desktop-autostart.service
-    ok "Steam starts silently on the desktop."
+}
+
+silent_enable() {
+    silent_old_unit_remove
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$STEAM_AUTOSTART")"
+    if [[ -f "$STEAM_SYSTEM_DESKTOP" ]]; then
+        sed 's|^Exec=/usr/bin/steam %U$|Exec=/usr/bin/steam -silent %U|' "$STEAM_SYSTEM_DESKTOP" > "$STEAM_AUTOSTART"
+    fi
+    silent_status || printf '%s\n' '[Desktop Entry]' 'Name=Steam' 'Exec=/usr/bin/steam -silent %U' \
+        'Icon=steam' 'Terminal=false' 'Type=Application' 'Categories=Network;FileTransfer;Game;' > "$STEAM_AUTOSTART"
+    ok "Steam starts silently on the desktop from the next login."
 }
 
 silent_disable() {
-    user_systemctl disable --now steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null
-    rm -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service"
-    user_systemctl daemon-reload
+    silent_old_unit_remove
+    silent_status && rm -f "$STEAM_AUTOSTART"
     ok "Steam no longer starts by itself on the desktop."
 }
 
 steam_disable() {
     info "Removing Steam desktop settings..."
-    # The autostart unit is the `silent` option's: removed with it, and here
+    # The autostart entry is the `silent` option's: removed with it, and here
     # too for when the conversion goes off by itself.
     silent_status && silent_disable
+    silent_old_unit_remove
     rm -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/99-kde-virtual-keyboard.conf"
     ok "Steam desktop settings removed (takes full effect at next login)."
 }

lib/steam-game.sh

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ steamgame_steam_busy() {
 
 steamgame_edit() {
     # steamgame_edit <function>: runs it with Steam closed, then starts Steam
-    # again if it was running (through our autostart unit when that's there).
+    # again if it was running (silently, in the tray).
     local was_running=false i
     if pgrep -x steam >/dev/null; then
         steamgame_steam_busy && return 1
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ steamgame_edit() {
     fi
     "$1"; local rc=$?
     if [[ "$was_running" == true ]]; then
-        if user_systemctl is-enabled -q steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null; then
-            user_systemctl start steam-desktop-autostart.service
-        else
         systemd-run --user --collect -q steam -silent >/dev/null 2>&1
-        fi
         info "Steam is starting again."
     fi
     return "$rc"

lib/steam-machine.sh

@@ -407,9 +407,12 @@ wifi_backend_disable() {
 
 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" ||
+        'z /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 0444 - - -' | sudo tee "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" > /dev/null ||
         { err "Making the serial number readable for Steam failed."; return 1; }
+    # The file applies at every boot; now too, unless /sys is read-only (the ISO's installer runs in a chroot).
+    sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" 2>/dev/null ||
+        info "The serial number becomes readable for Steam at the next boot."
+    return 0
 }
 
 serial_disable() {

lib/vapor-theme.sh

@@ -106,17 +106,32 @@ theme_enable() {
     # SteamOS panel, launcher icon and wallpaper. It needs plasmashell up.
     lookandfeeltool -a "$VAPOR_LOOKANDFEEL" --resetLayout >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
         { err "lookandfeeltool failed."; return 1; }
-    # The new layout has a new launcher, without single user's settings.
-    if single_status; then
+    # The new layout has a new launcher, without single user's settings, and the default taskbar pins.
     sleep 3
     stop_plasmashell_for_edit
-        single_launcher
+    taskbar_drop_discover
+    single_status && single_launcher
     restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
-    fi
     extras_enable || warn "SteamOS desktop extras not installed (see above); the theme itself is on."
     ok "Vapor theme active."
 }
 
+taskbar_drop_discover() {
+    # Plasma's default taskbar pins Discover, which CachyOS doesn't install: the pin shows as a
+    # blank icon. Pin what CachyOS's own layout pins (/etc/skel) instead. Not when Discover is
+    # installed, and only on a taskbar that still has the default pins (no launchers key).
+    # Edit only while plasmashell is stopped.
+    [[ -e /usr/share/applications/org.kde.discover.desktop ]] && return 0
+    local applet grp
+    for applet in $(plasma_applets org.kde.plasma.icontasks); do
+        grp="Containments|${applet%%:*}|Applets|${applet#*:}|Configuration|General"
+        [[ -n "$(kreadconfig6 --file plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc --group Containments --group "${applet%%:*}" \
+            --group Applets --group "${applet#*:}" --group Configuration --group General --key launchers)" ]] && continue
+        kset theme plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc "$grp" launchers \
+            'applications:systemsettings.desktop,preferred://filemanager,preferred://browser'
+    done
+}
+
 theme_disable() {
     extras_disable
     info "Restoring the previous desktop look and layout..."

services/README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ in the shell code.
 | `steamify-boot-desktop.service` | `lib/boot-session.sh` (Boot into: desktop) | Sets the Plasma session before the login manager starts |
 | `sync-steamos-session.path`, `.service` | `lib/login-manager.sh` (SteamOS conversion, plasma-login-manager) | The sync bridge: copies Steam's session choice into `plasmalogin.conf` |
 | `steamify-steam-autostart.service` | `lib/nvidia.sh` (Gaming on NVIDIA) | Steam at login on the Plasma desktop, normal or in Big Picture (user unit) |
-| `steam-desktop-autostart.service` | `lib/steam-desktop.sh` (SteamOS conversion) | Steam in the background on the Plasma desktop (user unit) |
 | `ensure-kernel-headers.service` | `lib/steam-machine.sh` (Steam Machine support) | Installs missing kernel headers at boot, so DKMS builds for every kernel |
 | `steamify-update-check.service`, `.timer` | `lib/update-notifier.sh` (Update notifications) | The daily and login check for a new release (user units) |

services/steam-desktop-autostart.service

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Steam Background Autostart for Virtual Keyboard
-After=graphical-session.target
-PartOf=graphical-session.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-# Only in the Plasma desktop session; gamescope-session starts its own Steam.
-ExecCondition=/bin/sh -c '[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" = KDE ]'
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/steam -silent
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=5
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=graphical-session.target

tests/controllers-test.sh

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Tests lib/controllers.sh (extended controller support: xone, the Xbox wireless dongle, and xpadneo, Xbox Bluetooth) with a stub pacman
-# and a temp home. No root, VM or hardware needed: bash tests/controllers-test.sh
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
-T="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$T"' EXIT
-fail=0
-check() { if eval "$2"; then echo "ok   $1"; else echo "FAIL $1"; fail=1; fi; }
-
-SCRIPT_DIR="$PWD"; HOME="$T/home"; mkdir -p "$HOME"
-source lib/common.sh; source lib/state.sh; source lib/controllers.sh; source lib/menu.sh
-# Runs as the user, and refuses anything under the real system folders: a test must never touch them.
-sudo() { local a; for a in "$@"; do case "$a" in /etc/*|/usr/*|/boot/*|/var/*) echo "REFUSED sudo $*" >&2; return 1 ;; esac; done; "$@"; }
-info() { :; }; ok() { :; }; warn() { :; }; err() { echo "ERR $*"; }
-kwriteconfig6() { local f="" k="" v=""; while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do case "$1" in --file) f="$2"; shift ;; --key) k="$2"; shift ;; --group) shift ;; *) v="$1" ;; esac; shift; done; mkdir -p "$(dirname "$f")"; sed -i "/^$k=/d" "$f" 2>/dev/null; printf '%s=%s\n' "$k" "$v" >> "$f"; }
-kreadconfig6() { local f="" k=""; while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do case "$1" in --file) f="$2"; shift ;; --key) k="$2"; shift ;; --group|--default) shift ;; esac; shift; done; sed -n "s/^$k=//p" "$f" 2>/dev/null; }
-# A pretend package database.
-PKGS=""; PACMAN_LOG="$T/pacman.log"; : > "$PACMAN_LOG"; PACMAN_FAIL=0
-pacman() {
-    case "$1" in
-        -Q) local p; for p in "${@:2}"; do [[ " $PKGS " == *" $p "* ]] || return 1; done ;;
-        -S) [[ $PACMAN_FAIL == 1 ]] && return 1; echo "S ${*:4}" >> "$PACMAN_LOG"; PKGS+=" ${*:4}" ;;
-        -Rns) echo "R ${*:3}" >> "$PACMAN_LOG"; local p; for p in ${*:3}; do PKGS=" ${PKGS// $p / } "; done ;;
-    esac
-}
-HEADERS=0; install_kernel_headers() { HEADERS=$((HEADERS + 1)); }
-
-check "off to begin with" '! extended_controller_support_status'
-extended_controller_support_enable
-check "installs the repo's xpadneo-dkms, xone-dkms and the dongle firmware" 'pacman -Q xpadneo-dkms xone-dkms xone-dongle-firmware'
-check "kernel headers are made sure of first" '[[ $HEADERS == 1 ]]'
-check "what we installed is recorded" '[[ "$(state_get extended_controller_support installed_pkgs)" == "xpadneo-dkms xone-dkms xone-dongle-firmware" ]]'
-check "it is on" extended_controller_support_status
-n="$(wc -l < "$PACMAN_LOG")"; extended_controller_support_enable
-check "a second run installs nothing again" '[[ "$(wc -l < "$PACMAN_LOG")" == "$n" ]]'
-extended_controller_support_disable
-check "off: the three packages are removed again" '! pacman -Q xpadneo-dkms 2>/dev/null && ! pacman -Q xone-dkms 2>/dev/null && ! pacman -Q xone-dongle-firmware 2>/dev/null && [[ -z "$(state_get extended_controller_support installed_pkgs)" ]]'
-
-# The AUR's xone-dkms-git conflicts with the repo's xone-dkms: it counts, and is kept.
-PKGS=" xone-dkms-git xone-dongle-firmware xpadneo-dkms"; : > "$PACMAN_LOG"
-check "xone-dkms-git counts as xone: already on" extended_controller_support_status
-extended_controller_support_enable; extended_controller_support_disable
-check "with xone-dkms-git: nothing installed and nothing removed" '[[ ! -s "$PACMAN_LOG" ]] && pacman -Q xone-dkms-git xpadneo-dkms xone-dongle-firmware'
-PKGS=" xone-dkms-git"
-extended_controller_support_enable
-check "xone-dkms-git present: only the missing ones are installed, never xone-dkms" 'grep -q "^S xpadneo-dkms xone-dongle-firmware$" "$PACMAN_LOG" && ! pacman -Q xone-dkms 2>/dev/null'
-extended_controller_support_disable
-check "and off removes only those two, xone-dkms-git stays" 'pacman -Q xone-dkms-git && ! pacman -Q xpadneo-dkms 2>/dev/null'
-
-# A failed install is an error and records nothing.
-PKGS=""; PACMAN_FAIL=1
-check "a failed pacman is an error" '! extended_controller_support_enable >/dev/null'
-check "...and records nothing" '[[ -z "$(state_get extended_controller_support installed_pkgs)" ]]'
-PACMAN_FAIL=0
-
-# Packages that were already there are never removed by turning it off.
-PKGS=" xpadneo-dkms xone-dkms xone-dongle-firmware"; : > "$PACMAN_LOG"
-extended_controller_support_enable; extended_controller_support_disable
-check "packages you had before stay" 'pacman -Q xpadneo-dkms xone-dkms xone-dongle-firmware && [[ ! -s "$PACMAN_LOG" ]]'
-
-# The menu.
-check "offered on every PC" 'component_available extended_controller_support'
-check "not preselected: it builds kernel modules for every kernel" '[[ " ${NO_PRESELECT[*]} " == *" extended_controller_support "* ]]'
-check "a top-level item with a label" '[[ -z "${PARENT[extended_controller_support]:-}" && -n "${LABEL[extended_controller_support]}" ]]'
-
-# The "new" badge: an opt-in option added after setup shows it, but is never ticked for you.
-component_selectable() { return 0; }
-declare -A CURRENT=([gaming]=1 [nvidia]=0 [extended_controller_support]=0 [vram]=0 [boot]=0)
-rm -f "$STATE_DIR/features.state"
-check "new opt-in option (conversion on, no record): the new badge" 'feature_new_optin extended_controller_support'
-check "...but it is not ticked for you (not a new default option)" '! feature_new extended_controller_support'
-check "...and the menu label says (new)" '[[ "$(menu_label extended_controller_support)" == *"(new)"* ]]'
-check "a new default option is still ticked for you, and is not the opt-in kind" 'feature_new vram && ! feature_new_optin vram'
-check "Boot into never gets the badge (it is a choice row)" '! feature_new_optin boot'
-state_set_features() { kwriteconfig6 --file "$STATE_DIR/features.state" --group State --key "$1" "$2"; }
-state_set_features extended_controller_support off
-check "once a run recorded it as off, the badge is gone" '! feature_new_optin extended_controller_support'
-rm -f "$STATE_DIR/features.state"
-CURRENT[gaming]=0; CURRENT[nvidia]=1
-check "on an NVIDIA PC (Gaming on NVIDIA on, no conversion) it shows too" 'feature_new_optin extended_controller_support'
-CURRENT[nvidia]=0
-check "with neither the conversion nor Gaming on NVIDIA on (a fresh PC) nothing is new" '! feature_new_optin extended_controller_support && ! feature_new vram'
-CURRENT[gaming]=1; CURRENT[extended_controller_support]=1
-check "already on: not new" '! feature_new_optin extended_controller_support'
-exit $fail

tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Test of the NVIDIA fix on a real PC with an NVIDIA GPU (the unit test fakes
-# one: tests/nvidia-test.sh). Run from the Steamify checkout:
-#   bash tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh check    read-only: what is detected, what the live kernel uses, what apply would change
-#   bash tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh apply    really applies the fix (sudo), then reboot and run check again
-#   bash tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh visual   after trying gaming mode: was the picture clean? (asks you)
-# Every run appends to ~/steamify-nvidia-report.txt: paste that file when asking for help.
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
-# patch_file (lib/common.sh) reads the hook script from $SCRIPT_DIR/patches.
-SCRIPT_DIR="$PWD"
-REPORT="${NVIDIA_REPORT:-$HOME/steamify-nvidia-report.txt}"
-source lib/common.sh; source lib/hdmi-refresh.sh; source lib/vram-booster.sh; source lib/nvidia.sh
-mode="${1:-check}"
-fail=0
-say() { echo "$*" | tee -a "$REPORT"; }
-pass() { say "PASS $*"; }
-bad()  { say "FAIL $*"; fail=1; }
-note() { say "     $*"; }
-root_cat() { cat "$1" 2>/dev/null || sudo cat "$1" 2>/dev/null || echo "(unreadable)"; }
-
-say ""; say "===== $(date '+%F %T')  mode=$mode  kernel=$(uname -r)"
-
-report_system() {
-    say "-- GPU and software"
-    lspci -nn 2>/dev/null | grep -iE 'vga|3d|display' | while read -r l; do note "$l"; done
-    command -v nvidia-smi >/dev/null && note "driver: $(nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name,driver_version --format=csv,noheader 2>&1 | head -n 1)"
-    for p in nvidia-open nvidia-utils nvidia-dkms gamescope gamescope-session-cachyos linux-cachyos-nvidia-open; do
-        v="$(pacman -Q "$p" 2>/dev/null)" && note "$v"
-    done
-    note "boot loader file: $(nvidia_boot_file || true)"
-    note "cmdline: $(cat /proc/cmdline)"
-}
-
-check_state() {
-    say "-- Steamify's view"
-    if nvidia_present; then pass "a supported NVIDIA GPU (RTX 20 series or newer) with its driver is detected"
-    elif nvidia_legacy_gpu; then bad "the NVIDIA GPU is older than RTX 20 (on chwd's legacy lists in $VRAM_CHWD_IDS): the fix is not applied"
-    else bad "no NVIDIA GPU with its driver detected: the fix does nothing here"; fi
-    for c in /sys/class/drm/card[0-9]*/device; do
-        [[ "$(cat "$c/vendor" 2>/dev/null)" == 0x10de ]] && note "NVIDIA PCI device id $(cat "$c/device") $(vram_nvidia_legacy_id "$(cat "$c/device")" && echo '(on a chwd legacy list)' || echo '(not on a legacy list: RTX 20 or newer)')"
-    done
-    ls "$VRAM_CHWD_IDS"/nvidia-*.ids >/dev/null 2>&1 || note "no chwd legacy lists found: every NVIDIA card counts as supported"
-    local p
-    for p in $NVIDIA_PARAMS; do
-        if grep -qw -- "$p" /proc/cmdline; then pass "$p is on the running kernel's command line"
-        elif nvidia_param_set "$p"; then bad "$p is in the boot loader's file but not booted yet: reboot"
-        else bad "$p is missing (run: bash tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh apply)"; fi
-    done
-    say "-- the live NVIDIA driver"
-    local m
-    for m in modeset fbdev; do
-        v="$(root_cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/$m)"
-        if [[ "$v" == Y ]]; then pass "nvidia_drm $m = Y"; else bad "nvidia_drm $m = $v (want Y)"; fi
-    done
-    lsmod | grep -q '^nvidia_drm' && pass "nvidia_drm is loaded" || bad "nvidia_drm is not loaded"
-    local c found=0
-    for c in /sys/class/drm/card[0-9]*/device; do
-        [[ "$(cat "$c/vendor" 2>/dev/null)" == 0x10de ]] || continue
-        found=1; note "NVIDIA card: ${c%/device} driver=$(basename "$(readlink -f "$c/driver" 2>/dev/null)")"
-        for s in "${c%/device}"/card*-*/status; do [[ -f "$s" ]] && note "  $(basename "$(dirname "$s")"): $(cat "$s")"; done
-    done
-    [[ $found == 1 ]] || bad "no NVIDIA card in /sys/class/drm"
-    say "-- initramfs"
-    if nvidia_modules_everywhere; then note "every installed kernel has nvidia_drm: the early-load drop-in is used"
-    else note "not every installed kernel has nvidia_drm: the early-load drop-in is skipped (parameters still apply)"; fi
-    nvidia_initramfs_ok && note "NVIDIA modules are in the initramfs config" || note "NVIDIA modules are not in the initramfs config"
-    say "-- what apply would change"
-    if nvidia_params_missing; then note "adds $NVIDIA_PARAMS to $(nvidia_boot_file)"; else note "kernel parameters: nothing to change"; fi
-    if ! nvidia_initramfs_ok && nvidia_modules_everywhere; then note "writes $NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF"; fi
-}
-
-case "$mode" in
-    check)
-        report_system; check_state ;;
-    apply)
-        report_system
-        say "-- applying"
-        if nvidia_enable 2>&1 | tee -a "$REPORT"; [[ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} == 0 ]]; then pass "nvidia_enable finished"
-        else bad "nvidia_enable failed (output above)"; fi
-        say "Now reboot, then run: bash tests/nvidia-hardware-test.sh check" ;;
-    visual)
-        report_system
-        say "-- try gaming mode now (log in to it or reboot into it), look at the screen, then answer"
-        read -rp "Is the gaming mode picture clean (no corruption, no flicker)? [y/n/partly] " a
-        read -rp "What did you see (one line, e.g. 'garbled colours at start, fine after login')? " what
-        say "visual result: $a: $what"
-        [[ "$a" == y ]] && pass "picture clean" || bad "picture not clean ($a)"
-        say "-- gamescope and NVIDIA lines from this boot's log"
-        { journalctl -b --no-pager 2>/dev/null || sudo journalctl -b --no-pager 2>/dev/null; } |
-            grep -iE 'gamescope|nvidia|drm|nvrm|wlserver|vulkan' | tail -n 80 | tee -a "$REPORT" | tail -n 5
-        note "(more in $REPORT)" ;;
-    *) echo "usage: $0 check|apply|visual"; exit 2 ;;
-esac
-say ""; say "Report: $REPORT"
-exit $fail

tests/nvidia-test.sh

@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Tests lib/nvidia.sh ("Gaming on NVIDIA" and its Big Picture option) and the menu rules around it, against a fake RTX 5080
-# (PCI 10de:2c02) beside an Intel iGPU, a stub modinfo, pacman and systemctl, and a temp home. No root, VM or NVIDIA
-# hardware needed: bash tests/nvidia-test.sh
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
-T="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$T"' EXIT
-fail=0
-check() { if eval "$2"; then echo "ok   $1"; else echo "FAIL $1"; fail=1; fi; }
-
-SCRIPT_DIR="$PWD"; HOME="$T/home"; mkdir -p "$HOME"
-source lib/common.sh; source lib/state.sh; source lib/login-manager.sh; source lib/single-user.sh; source lib/hdmi-refresh.sh; source lib/vram-booster.sh; source lib/nvidia.sh; source lib/menu.sh
-# Runs as the user, and refuses anything under the real system folders: a test must never touch them.
-sudo() { local a; for a in "$@"; do case "$a" in /etc/*|/usr/*|/boot/*|/var/*) echo "REFUSED sudo $*" >&2; return 1 ;; esac; done; "$@"; }
-info() { :; }; ok() { :; }; warn() { :; }; err() { echo "ERR $*"; }
-# KDE's config tools on plain files under the temp home (a relative file name is relative to ~/.config, as in KDE).
-kwriteconfig6() {
-    local f="" k="" v="" del=0
-    while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do case "$1" in --file) f="$2"; shift ;; --key) k="$2"; shift ;; --group) shift ;; --delete) del=1 ;; *) v="$1" ;; esac; shift; done
-    [[ "$f" == /* ]] || f="$HOME/.config/$f"; mkdir -p "$(dirname "$f")"
-    if [[ $del == 1 ]]; then sed -i "/^$k=/d" "$f" 2>/dev/null; else sed -i "/^$k=/d" "$f" 2>/dev/null; printf '%s=%s\n' "$k" "$v" >> "$f"; fi
-}
-kreadconfig6() {
-    local f="" k="" d="" r
-    while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do case "$1" in --file) f="$2"; shift ;; --key) k="$2"; shift ;; --default) d="$2"; shift ;; --group) shift ;; esac; shift; done
-    [[ "$f" == /* ]] || f="$HOME/.config/$f"
-    r="$(sed -n "s/^$k=//p" "$f" 2>/dev/null)"; printf '%s\n' "${r:-$d}"
-}
-# A pretend package database and systemd: what the tests assert on.
-PKGS=""; PACMAN_LOG="$T/pacman.log"; : > "$PACMAN_LOG"; ENABLED=0
-pacman() {
-    case "$1" in
-        -Q) [[ " $PKGS " == *" $2 "* ]] ;;
-        -S) echo "S $*" >> "$PACMAN_LOG"; PKGS+=" ${*: -1}" ;;
-        -Rns) echo "R $*" >> "$PACMAN_LOG"; PKGS=" ${PKGS//${*: -1}/} " ;;
-    esac
-}
-user_systemctl() {
-    case "$1" in
-        enable) ENABLED=1 ;;
-        disable) ENABLED=0 ;;
-        is-enabled) [[ $ENABLED == 1 ]] ;;
-    esac
-    return 0
-}
-FAKE_DRIVER=1; modinfo() { [[ "$FAKE_DRIVER" == 1 ]]; }
-GAMING_ON=0; gaming_status() { [[ "$GAMING_ON" == 1 ]]; }
-UNIT="$HOME/.config/systemd/user/$NVIDIA_UNIT"
-
-mkdir -p "$T/drm/card0/device" "$T/drm/card1/device"
-echo 0x8086 > "$T/drm/card0/device/vendor"; echo 0x030000 > "$T/drm/card0/device/class"
-echo 0x10de > "$T/drm/card1/device/vendor"; echo 0x030000 > "$T/drm/card1/device/class"
-echo 0x2c02 > "$T/drm/card1/device/device"
-NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/drm"
-backup_file() { [[ -f "$1.bak" ]] || cp "$1" "$1.bak"; }
-REBUILDS=0; nvidia_rebuild_boot() { REBUILDS=$((REBUILDS + 1)); }
-: > "$T/cmdline"; NVIDIA_CMDLINE="$T/cmdline"   # the running kernel's command line: without the parameters
-NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF="$T/90-steamify-nvidia.conf"
-NVIDIA_SCRIPT="$T/libexec/steamify-nvidia-initramfs"; NVIDIA_HOOK="$T/hooks/85-steamify-nvidia-initramfs.hook"
-mkdir -p "$T/mods/6.1.0-cachyos/kernel"; : > "$T/mods/6.1.0-cachyos/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko.zst"; : > "$T/mods/6.1.0-cachyos/pkgbase"
-NVIDIA_MODULES_DIR="$T/mods"
-NVIDIA_LIMINE_CONF="$T/none/limine.conf"; NVIDIA_SDBOOT_DIR="$T/none/entries"; NVIDIA_GRUB_CFG="$T/none/grub.cfg"   # not generated here: not checked
-mkdir -p "$T/chwd"; VRAM_CHWD_IDS="$T/chwd"
-# The component's kernel step edits this boot loader file (systemd-boot's) in the tests, never a real one.
-printf 'LINUX_OPTIONS="quiet"\n' > "$T/sdboot-manage.conf"; nvidia_boot_file() { echo "$T/sdboot-manage.conf"; }
-
-# --- detection
-check "finds the NVIDIA card as card1 beside an iGPU" nvidia_present
-FAKE_DRIVER=0; check "no nvidia_drm module (nouveau): not an NVIDIA PC" '! nvidia_present'
-FAKE_DRIVER=1; NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/none"; check "no NVIDIA GPU: not an NVIDIA PC" '! nvidia_present'
-NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/drm"
-
-# --- which items the menu shows
-check "NVIDIA PC: the SteamOS conversion and its gamescope options are hidden" '! component_available gaming && ! component_available boot && ! component_available glyphs'
-check "NVIDIA PC: Gaming on NVIDIA and Big Picture are shown" 'component_available nvidia && component_available bigpicture'
-GAMING_ON=1
-check "NVIDIA PC with the conversion already on: it is shown, so it can be turned off" 'component_available gaming && component_available boot'
-check "...and Gaming on NVIDIA is hidden (both would start Steam)" '! component_available nvidia && ! component_available bigpicture'
-GAMING_ON=0; NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/none"
-check "no NVIDIA: the conversion is shown as before" 'component_available gaming && component_available boot'
-check "...and Gaming on NVIDIA is hidden" '! component_available nvidia && ! component_available bigpicture'
-NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/drm"
-
-# --- "Add as non-Steam game" is for gaming mode's controller: not offered on an NVIDIA PC (unless already on)
-steamgame_available() { return 0; }; STEAMGAME_ON=0; steamgame_status() { [[ "$STEAMGAME_ON" == 1 ]]; }
-check "NVIDIA PC: Add as non-Steam game is hidden" '! component_available steamgame'
-STEAMGAME_ON=1; check "...unless it is already on (so it can be turned off)" 'component_available steamgame'; STEAMGAME_ON=0
-NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/none"; check "no NVIDIA: it is offered as before" 'component_available steamgame'
-steamgame_available() { return 1; }; check "no NVIDIA, no Steam account yet: still not offered" '! component_available steamgame'
-steamgame_available() { return 0; }; NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/drm"
-
-# --- turning it on
-check "off to begin with" '! nvidia_status && ! bigpicture_status'
-nvidia_enable
-check "Steam is installed when missing, and recorded as ours" 'grep -q "^S " "$PACMAN_LOG" && [[ "$(state_get nvidia installed_pkgs)" == steam ]]'
-check "the autostart unit is written: Steam without arguments" 'grep -q "^ExecStart=/usr/bin/steam $" "$UNIT"'
-check "it is on" 'nvidia_status && ! bigpicture_status'
-n="$(wc -l < "$PACMAN_LOG")"; nvidia_enable
-check "a second run installs nothing again" '[[ "$(wc -l < "$PACMAN_LOG")" == "$n" ]]'
-
-# --- Big Picture
-bigpicture_enable
-check "Big Picture: Steam starts with -gamepadui" 'grep -q "^ExecStart=/usr/bin/steam -gamepadui$" "$UNIT" && bigpicture_status'
-nvidia_enable
-check "turning Gaming on NVIDIA on again keeps Big Picture" 'bigpicture_status'
-check "Big Picture: Plasma starts with an empty session" '[[ "$(kreadconfig6 --file ksmserverrc --group General --key loginMode)" == emptySession ]]'
-bigpicture_disable
-check "Big Picture off: Steam's normal window again" '! bigpicture_status && nvidia_status'
-check "...and the session setting is back as it was (not set)" '[[ -z "$(kreadconfig6 --file ksmserverrc --group General --key loginMode)" ]]'
-
-# --- turning it off
-bigpicture_enable; nvidia_disable
-check "off: the unit is gone and Steam, which we installed, is removed" '! nvidia_status && [[ ! -e "$UNIT" ]] && ! pacman -Q steam && [[ -z "$(state_get nvidia installed_pkgs)" ]]'
-check "Big Picture without the unit does nothing" 'bigpicture_enable && bigpicture_disable && [[ ! -e "$UNIT" ]]'
-
-# --- Steam that was there already is never removed
-PKGS=" steam"; : > "$PACMAN_LOG"
-nvidia_enable; nvidia_disable
-check "Steam installed before is kept, and not installed again" '[[ ! -s "$PACMAN_LOG" ]] && pacman -Q steam'
-
-# --- kernel parameters and early modules (a supported card only: RTX 20 series or newer)
-check "RTX 5080 (2c02) is supported: no chwd legacy lists" nvidia_supported
-printf '1c03\n1b80\n' > "$T/chwd/nvidia-580.ids"   # a GTX 1060 and a GTX 1080: chwd's 580xx legacy list
-check "RTX 5080 is not on a legacy list" 'nvidia_supported && ! nvidia_legacy_gpu'
-echo 0x1c03 > "$T/drm/card1/device/device"
-check "GTX 1060 (older than RTX 20): no kernel setup, but still an NVIDIA PC" '! nvidia_supported && nvidia_legacy_gpu && nvidia_present'
-echo 0x2c02 > "$T/drm/card1/device/device"
-
-for loader in limine limineplus sdboot grub; do
-    case $loader in
-        limine) F="$T/limine"; printf 'KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]="quiet splash"\n' > "$F" ;;
-        # CachyOS writes its line as "+=" and may already have nvidia_drm.modeset=1 in it.
-        limineplus) F="$T/limine"; printf 'KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]+="quiet splash nvidia_drm.modeset=1"\n' > "$F" ;;
-        sdboot) F="$T/sdboot-manage.conf"; printf 'LINUX_OPTIONS="quiet splash"\n' > "$F" ;;
-        grub)   F="$T/grub";   printf 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"\n' > "$F" ;;
-    esac
-    nvidia_boot_file() { echo "$F"; }
-    rm -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF"; REBUILDS=0; ORIG="$(cat "$F")"
-    nvidia_kernel_enable
-    check "$loader: parameters added" 'grep -q "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" "$F" && grep -q "nvidia-drm.fbdev=1" "$F"'
-    check "$loader: initramfs drop-in written" 'grep -q nvidia_drm "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF"'
-    check "$loader: script and pacman hook installed" '[[ -x "$NVIDIA_SCRIPT" ]] && grep -q "^Exec = $NVIDIA_SCRIPT sync" "$NVIDIA_HOOK"'
-    check "$loader: backup made, rebuilt once" '[[ -f "$F.bak" && $REBUILDS == 1 ]]'
-    SUM="$(cat "$F")"; nvidia_kernel_enable
-    check "$loader: second run changes nothing" '[[ "$(cat "$F")" == "$SUM" && $REBUILDS == 1 ]]'
-    nvidia_kernel_disable
-    check "$loader: disable restores the file, drops the drop-in, script and hook" '[[ "$(cat "$F")" == "$ORIG" && ! -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" && ! -e "$NVIDIA_SCRIPT" && ! -e "$NVIDIA_HOOK" ]]'
-done
-
-# A missing patches/ file must be an error, never an empty script or hook.
-( SCRIPT_DIR="$T/no-patches"; NVIDIA_SCRIPT="$T/empty/script"; NVIDIA_HOOK="$T/empty/hook"; ! nvidia_hook_install 2>/dev/null && [[ ! -s "$T/empty/script" ]] ) && echo "ok   a missing patch file is an error, nothing empty installed" || { echo "FAIL a missing patch file is an error, nothing empty installed"; fail=1; }
-# The pacman hook's script decides again at every kernel change.
-syncit() { NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF="$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" NVIDIA_MODULES_DIR="$NVIDIA_MODULES_DIR" bash "$NVIDIA_SCRIPT" sync; }
-nvidia_hook_install; rm -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF"
-syncit; check "hook script: every kernel has the modules -> drop-in written" '[[ -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" ]]'
-mkdir -p "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts/kernel"; : > "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts/pkgbase"
-syncit; check "hook script: a new kernel without modules -> drop-in removed" '[[ ! -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" ]]'
-: > "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko.zst"
-syncit; check "hook script: the modules arrive (DKMS built) -> drop-in back" '[[ -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" ]]'
-rm -rf "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts"; mkdir -p "$T/mods/5.0.0-leftover"; : > "$T/mods/5.0.0-leftover/modules.dep"
-syncit; check "hook script: a leftover folder of a removed kernel is ignored" '[[ -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" ]]'
-rm -rf "$T/mods/5.0.0-leftover"; nvidia_kernel_disable
-# A second kernel without the NVIDIA modules: no early-load drop-in, parameters still set.
-mkdir -p "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts/kernel"; : > "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts/pkgbase"; F="$T/sdboot-manage.conf"; printf 'LINUX_OPTIONS="quiet"\n' > "$F"
-nvidia_boot_file() { echo "$F"; }; rm -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF"; REBUILDS=0; nvidia_kernel_enable
-check "kernel without nvidia modules: no drop-in, parameters set" '[[ ! -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF" ]] && grep -q "nvidia-drm.fbdev=1" "$F"'
-rm -rf "$T/mods/6.6.0-lts"
-# Generated boot entries without the parameters (the initramfs build failed): an error.
-printf 'linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1\n' > "$T/grub.cfg"; NVIDIA_GRUB_CFG="$T/grub.cfg"
-F="$T/grub"; printf 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"\n' > "$F"; nvidia_boot_file() { echo "$F"; }; rm -f "$NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF"
-check "boot entries without the parameters: error" '! nvidia_kernel_enable >/dev/null'
-NVIDIA_GRUB_CFG="$T/none/grub.cfg"
-# A config file without the setting to edit: an error, not "applied".
-F="$T/sdboot-manage.conf"; printf '#LINUX_OPTIONS=""\n' > "$F"; nvidia_boot_file() { echo "$F"; }; REBUILDS=0
-check "no setting to edit: error, nothing rebuilt" '! nvidia_kernel_enable >/dev/null && [[ $REBUILDS == 0 ]]'
-FAKE_DRIVER=0; NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/drm"; printf 'LINUX_OPTIONS="quiet"\n' > "$T/sdboot"; F="$T/sdboot"; REBUILDS=0; nvidia_kernel_enable
-check "no NVIDIA driver: nothing touched" '[[ "$(cat "$F")" == "LINUX_OPTIONS=\"quiet\"" && $REBUILDS == 0 ]]'
-
-# --- single user mode on NVIDIA: its own login step (SDDM, autologin into Plasma) without the conversion
-FAKE_DRIVER=1; NVIDIA_DRM_DIR="$T/drm"   # an earlier section ended without the driver
-SW="$T/switches.log"; : > "$SW"; TARGET_USER=tester; SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN="$T/sddm.conf.d/zzz-steamify-autologin.conf"
-switch_to_sddm() { echo sddm >> "$SW"; }; switch_to_plasmalogin() { echo plasmalogin >> "$SW"; }
-remove_sddm_base_autologin() { :; }   # would look at the real /etc/sddm.conf
-GAMING_ON=0
-check "single user mode is offered on NVIDIA without the conversion..." 'component_available single'
-GAMING_ON=1; check "...and with it" 'component_available single'; GAMING_ON=0
-single_login_enable
-check "single user: SDDM, autologin of the user into the Plasma session" 'grep -qx "User=tester" "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN" && grep -qx "Session=plasma.desktop" "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN" && grep -qx "Relogin=true" "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN" && grep -qx sddm "$SW"'
-c1="$(cat "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN")"; single_login_enable
-check "single user login: a second run changes nothing" '[[ "$(cat "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN")" == "$c1" ]]'
-single_login_disable
-check "single user off: the file is gone and plasma-login-manager is the login manager again" '[[ ! -e "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN" ]] && grep -qx plasmalogin "$SW"'
-: > "$SW"; GAMING_ON=1; single_login_enable
-check "with the conversion on, single user mode leaves the login to it" '[[ ! -e "$SINGLE_AUTOLOGIN" && ! -s "$SW" ]]'
-GAMING_ON=0
-# --- the menu rules
-declare -A WANTED=([nvidia]=1 [bigpicture]=1 [gaming]=0 [boot]=0 [single]=0 [machine]=0 [poweroff]=0 [launcher]=0 [steamgame]=0)
-component_selectable() { return 0; }
-toggle_component nvidia
-check "unticking Gaming on NVIDIA unticks Big Picture" '[[ "${WANTED[nvidia]}" == 0 && "${WANTED[bigpicture]}" == 0 ]]'
-toggle_component bigpicture
-check "ticking Big Picture ticks Gaming on NVIDIA" '[[ "${WANTED[nvidia]}" == 1 && "${WANTED[bigpicture]}" == 1 ]]'
-WANTED[single]=0; WANTED[gaming]=0; toggle_component single
-check "ticking single user mode does not tick the conversion where it isn't offered" '[[ "${WANTED[single]}" == 1 && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 0 ]]'
-check "Big Picture follows Gaming on NVIDIA in the menu" '[[ " ${COMPONENTS[*]} " == *" nvidia bigpicture "* && "${PARENT[bigpicture]}" == nvidia ]]'
-
-exit $fail

ui/qml/AppState.qml

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Item {
 
     readonly property var status: backend.status || ({})
     readonly property var items: status.items || []
-    // Hidden: Big Picture excludes a silent start; on a Steam Machine a silent start needs "Boot into" desktop.
-    function hidden(i) { return (i.id === "nvsilent" && want.bigpicture) || (i.needs === "boot" && boot !== "desktop"); }
+    // Hidden: Big Picture excludes a silent start.
+    function hidden(i) { return i.id === "nvsilent" && want.bigpicture; }
     readonly property var rows: items.filter(function (i) { return (!i.parent || want[i.parent]) && !hidden(i); })
     readonly property var bios: status.bios || null
 
@@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ Item {
         w[id] = !w[id];
         // The same rules as the terminal menu (toggle_component).
         var hasGaming = items.some(function (i) { return i.id === "gaming"; });
-        if (id === "gaming" && !w.gaming) { w.single = false; w.silent = false; }
+        if (id === "gaming" && !w.gaming) { w.single = false; w.silent = false; w.glyphs = false; }
         if (id === "single" && w.single && hasGaming) w.gaming = true;
         if (id === "nvidia") w.bigpicture = w.nvidia;
         if (id === "bigpicture" && w.bigpicture) { w.nvidia = true; w.nvsilent = false; }
         if (id === "nvsilent" && w.nvsilent) { w.nvidia = true; w.bigpicture = false; }
         if (id === "nvidia" && !w.nvidia) w.nvsilent = false;
         if (id === "silent" && w.silent) w.gaming = true;
+        if (id === "glyphs" && w.glyphs) w.gaming = true;
         if (id === "machine") w.poweroff = w.machine;
         if (id === "poweroff" && w.poweroff) w.machine = true;
         if (id === "machine" && !w.machine) w.kpin = false;

ui/qml/Texts.qml

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ QtObject {
     readonly property var items: ({
         gaming: { label: "SteamOS conversion", hint: "Boot into gaming mode, Steam on the desktop",
                   body: "Boots straight into gaming mode. Switch to Desktop in Steam works, and Return to Gaming Mode on the desktop brings you back.",
-                  changes: ["Autologin into gamescope", "Return to Gaming Mode shortcut", "Steam starts silently on the desktop"] },
+                  changes: ["Autologin into gamescope", "Return to Gaming Mode shortcut"] },
         boot: { label: "Boot into", hint: "Where the PC starts",
                 body: "Where the PC starts after a restart. Switching back and forth works the same either way.",
                 changes: ["Desktop: the Plasma session is set before login", "Gaming: the SteamOS default"] },
-        silent: { label: "Start Steam silently", hint: "In the tray at login on the desktop, no window",
+        silent: { label: "Start Steam silently in desktop mode", hint: "In the tray at login on the desktop, no window",
                   body: "Steam starts by itself when you log in to the Plasma desktop, in the tray without a window. Gaming mode starts its own Steam.",
                   changes: ["Steam is started with -silent (a systemd user service, desktop only)", "Off: the service is removed again"] },
         nvidia: { label: "Gaming on NVIDIA", hint: "Steam on the desktop, started at login",