Merge pull request #78 from theupriser/release/2.11.1

Release 2.11.1: README screenshots for the 2.11 menu

.no-release-yet

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-This branch is not ready to be released: do not merge it into the release branch.
-When the feature is complete and tested, ask the user whether it may be released;
-on a yes, delete this file, then open the pull request into the release branch.
-Open work, research and the test instructions for the NVIDIA PC are NOT in this repo:
-see steamify-cachyos-dev, folder nvidia/ (github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos-dev).

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,30 +5,26 @@ All notable changes, per version and per commit. Versions follow
 `steamify.sh`. Versions before 0.7.0 were numbered afterwards,
 one per merged pull request.
 
+## 2.11.1 - 2026-10-02
+
+- `d70aeb8` **docs: new README screenshots of the app (2.11 menu) on a Steam Machine and on an NVIDIA PC, and the README names the opt-in "Start Steam silently in desktop mode" and the icons as an option of the conversion**
+## 2.11.0 - 2026-10-01
+
+- `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
 
-- **docs: changelog hashes for 2.10.0**
+- `d6db4f6` **feat: "Gaming on NVIDIA" (nvidia) replaces the SteamOS conversion on PCs with an NVIDIA GPU, where gamescope's gaming mode shows a corrupted picture (NVIDIA bug 5240452): Steam is installed when missing and starts at login on the Plasma desktop; the sub-option "Steam starts in Big Picture" (bigpicture) starts it in Big Picture, unticked in its normal window, on an empty Plasma session so windows of the last session don't cover it. On a supported card (RTX 20 series or newer) it also sets the NVIDIA kernel parameters and early modules. The conversion and its options are hidden there unless already on**
+- `d1373e2` **feat: single user mode also works on NVIDIA PCs, without the SteamOS conversion**
+- `5811f5c` **fix: "Add as non-Steam game" isn't offered on NVIDIA PCs (shown when already on, so it can be turned off)**
+- `83248a8` **feat: Extended controller support (extended_controller_support, off by default): the Xbox wireless dongle (xone) and Xbox controllers over Bluetooth with rumble and battery level (xpadneo), built for every installed kernel; off removes only what Steamify installed**
+- `01a77b7` **feat: a new opt-in option (unticked by default) shows the "new" badge in the menu and the app**
 - `f1983a9` **docs: README screenshots of the 2.10.0 app, side by side: on a Steam Machine and on a PC with an NVIDIA card**
-- `01a77b7` **feat: a new opt-in option (unticked by default, e.g. Extended controller support) shows the "new" badge in the menu and the app without being ticked for you (feature_new_optin); it counts "Gaming on NVIDIA" as its parent where the conversion isn't offered**
-- `83248a8` **feat: Extended controller support (extended_controller_support, off by default): the Xbox wireless dongle (xone-dkms, xone-dongle-firmware) and Xbox controllers over Bluetooth with rumble, button mapping and battery level (xpadneo-dkms), from the CachyOS repo, built for every installed kernel; a PC with the AUR's xone-dkms-git keeps it; off removes only what Steamify installed (lib/controllers.sh, tests/controllers-test.sh)**
-- `5811f5c` **fix: "Add as non-Steam game" isn't offered on NVIDIA PCs (there is no gaming mode there for it to give the controller; shown when already on, so it can be turned off)**
-- `d0e4d8c` **feat: Big Picture on NVIDIA starts on an empty Plasma session (ksmserverrc loginMode=emptySession, undone when it is turned off), so windows of the last session don't cover it**
-- `d1373e2` **feat: single user mode also works on NVIDIA PCs, without the SteamOS conversion: it switches to SDDM and logs in to the Plasma session by itself (zzz-steamify-autologin.conf), and no longer ticks the conversion where that isn't offered**
-- `d6db4f6` **feat: "Gaming on NVIDIA" (nvidia) replaces the SteamOS conversion on PCs with an NVIDIA GPU, where gamescope's gaming mode shows a corrupted picture (NVIDIA bug 5240452): Steam is installed when missing and starts at login on the Plasma desktop; the sub-option "Steam starts in Big Picture" (bigpicture, ticked along with it) starts it in Big Picture, unticked in its normal window. On a supported card (RTX 20 series or newer) it also sets the NVIDIA kernel parameters and early modules of the commits below. The conversion and its options are hidden there unless already on (lib/nvidia.sh, services/steamify-steam-autostart.service, tests/nvidia-test.sh)**
-- `a5e9015` **fix: the NVIDIA kernel part handles Limine's `+=` command line and the underscore spelling nvidia_drm.modeset=1; the hardware test sets SCRIPT_DIR**
-- `ae238ff` **chore: .no-release-yet: this NVIDIA branch is not ready to be released**
-- `c1217bc` **feat: NVIDIA fix only for RTX 20 series or newer, with the VRAM booster's chwd legacy check (vram_nvidia_legacy_id)**
-- `f3d67fb` **fix: never install an empty NVIDIA hook or script (a failed patch_file piped into install succeeded with no input)**
-- `84cf095` **feat: NVIDIA modules in the initramfs only while every kernel has them, decided again by a pacman hook at every kernel change**
-- `7caefb7` **test: nvidia-hardware-test.sh to check, apply and visually verify the NVIDIA fix on a real PC**
-- `453656a` **fix: NVIDIA fix checks the edit and the generated boot entries for every boot loader (limine.conf, systemd-boot entries, grub.cfg)**
-- `6aa1377` **fix: NVIDIA fix on Limine edits the existing cmdline line; early modules only when every kernel has them**
-- `6bcae8a` **test: NVIDIA fix against a fake RTX 5080, stub modinfo and temp boot loader files**
-- `3cbeb58` **docs: AGENTS.md: never work on main or a release branch, hardware-specific fixes, git identity**
-- `83561bb` **feat: NVIDIA fix for gaming mode (kernel parameters and early modules)**
-- `ca027cb` **chore: Version 2.9.7**
-- `3d20a7e` **chore: Version 2.10.0**
-- `71bb2e7` **chore: Version 2.10.0**
 
 ## 2.9.6 - 2026-09-30
 

README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Steam Machine.
    on the desktop too.
    - **Boot into: gamescope / desktop** - where the PC starts. Gaming mode is
      the default.
+   - **Start Steam silently in desktop mode** (off by default) - Steam starts
+     at login on the desktop, in the tray without a window. It is Steam's own
+     autostart entry, so Steam's setting "Run Steam when my computer starts"
+     follows it (the Linux Steam client has no silent option of its own).
    - Steam's **System** settings show the SteamOS release Steamify follows
      as OS Version (e.g. `steamos-3.9`), `steam-machine` as OS Codename and
      Steamify's version as OS Variant. The OS name stays CachyOS
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ Steam Machine.
 2. **SteamOS theme** - the Vapor look of SteamOS for the desktop, with
    **Add to Steam** in right-click menus
    ([details](TECHNICAL.md#steamos-desktop-look)).
-3. **Steam Deck/Machine icons** - Steam Deck button icons in gaming mode.
+3. **Steam Deck/Machine icons** - Steam Deck button icons in gaming mode (an option of the SteamOS conversion).
 4. **Single user mode** - like SteamOS: never a login or lock screen, and no
    KDE wallet password prompts (e.g. from Brave). Typing a password with a
    controller is no fun

TECHNICAL.md

@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ tools write to the conf.d fragment into the base config.
   (never `zz-steamos-autologin.conf`, which CachyOS's tools own), and
   installs `/usr/local/bin/sync-steamos-session.sh` plus
   `sync-steamos-session.path`/`.service`;
-- `KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1` for the virtual keyboard and a
-  `steam-desktop-autostart` systemd user service that starts Steam silently
-  in Plasma only;
+- `KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1` for the virtual keyboard; the sub-option `silent`
+  ("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
 
@@ -242,7 +245,8 @@ Steam at login): it installs `steam` when missing (recorded in state `nvidia`, r
 unit `steamify-steam-autostart.service` (`services/`, `ExecStart=/usr/bin/steam @ARGS@`, Plasma only). Its sub-option
 `bigpicture` ("Steam starts in Big Picture", ticked along with it) rewrites the unit with `-gamepadui` and sets
 `ksmserverrc [General] loginMode=emptySession` (`kset`, undone with `krevert bigpicture`), so windows of the last session
-(Discord, a browser) aren't restored on top of Big Picture; unticked, Steam starts in its normal window. The PC always boots into the desktop: there is no gamescope session. Takes effect at the next
+(Discord, a browser) aren't restored on top of Big Picture; unticked, Steam starts in its normal window. The opt-in sub-option `nvsilent` ("Start Steam silently") rewrites the unit with `-silent`
+(tray only); it and `bigpicture` exclude each other. The PC always boots into the desktop: there is no gamescope session. Takes effect at the next
 login.
 
 On a supported card (RTX 20 series or newer: not on chwd's legacy lists `/var/lib/chwd/ids/nvidia-*.ids`, the VRAM booster's
@@ -255,7 +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);
@@ -343,8 +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
@@ -489,7 +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
@@ -535,7 +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

@@ -50,6 +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 "$parent")"
+        items+=",\"needs\":\"\""
         items+=",\"on\":$( [[ "$now" == 1 ]] && echo true || echo false)"
         items+=",\"wanted\":$( [[ "${WANTED[$c]:-0}" == 1 ]] && echo true || echo false)"
         items+=",\"update\":$(feature_outdated "$c" && echo true || echo false)"
@@ -154,7 +155,11 @@ backend_apply() {
         WANTED[boot]=0
     fi
     [[ "${WANTED[bigpicture]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvidia]=1
-    [[ "${WANTED[nvidia]:-0}" == 0 ]] && WANTED[bigpicture]=0
+    [[ "${WANTED[nvsilent]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvidia]=1
+    [[ "${WANTED[bigpicture]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvsilent]=0
+    [[ "${WANTED[nvidia]:-0}" == 0 ]] && { WANTED[bigpicture]=0; WANTED[nvsilent]=0; }
+    [[ "${WANTED[silent]:-0}" == 1 || "${WANTED[glyphs]:-0}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming && WANTED[gaming]=1
+    [[ "${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

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
-        restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
-    fi
+    stop_plasmashell_for_edit
+    taskbar_drop_discover
+    single_status && single_launcher
+    restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
     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 nvidia bigpicture 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 [bigpicture]=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 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 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 [nvidia]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [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
 )
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ 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 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)"
     [glyphs]="Install Steam Deck/Machine icons: Deck button icons in gaming mode"
@@ -57,9 +59,9 @@ component_available() {
     case "$1" in
         # gamescope's own session is broken on NVIDIA: the conversion is replaced by "Gaming on NVIDIA" there (shown
         # anyway when it's already on, so it can be turned off).
-        gaming|boot|glyphs) ! nvidia_present || gaming_status ;;
+        gaming|boot|silent|glyphs) ! nvidia_present || gaming_status ;;
         nvidia) nvidia_available ;;
-        bigpicture) bigpicture_available ;;
+        bigpicture|nvsilent) bigpicture_available ;;
         machine|poweroff) machine_available ;;
         vram) vram_available ;;
         # Steamify in the Steam library is for gaming mode's controller: not needed for Big Picture on the desktop (NVIDIA PCs;
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ 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
     [[ -z "${PARENT[$1]:-}" || "${WANTED[${PARENT[$1]}]:-0}" == 1 ]]
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +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[$c]:-}"),\"on\":$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' "$items"
 }
@@ -299,7 +303,13 @@ toggle_component() {
     if [[ "$c" == boot && "${WANTED[boot]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[gaming]=1; fi
     # Big Picture is opt-out: ticked along with "Gaming on NVIDIA".
     if [[ "$c" == nvidia ]]; then WANTED[bigpicture]=${WANTED[nvidia]}; fi
-    if [[ "$c" == bigpicture && "${WANTED[bigpicture]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[nvidia]=1; fi
+    if [[ "$c" == bigpicture && "${WANTED[bigpicture]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[nvidia]=1; WANTED[nvsilent]=0; fi
+    # Silent and Big Picture exclude each other.
+    if [[ "$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 && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 0 ]]; then WANTED[silent]=0; WANTED[glyphs]=0; fi
+    if [[ "$c" == silent && "${WANTED[silent]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[gaming]=1; fi
+    if [[ "$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/nvidia.sh

@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ nvidia_enable() {
         state_set nvidia installed_pkgs steam
     fi
     # Keeps what the Big Picture option set up; a first run starts Steam normally.
-    local args=""; bigpicture_status && args=-gamepadui
-    nvidia_write_unit "$args" || return 1
+    local unit_args=""
+    if bigpicture_status; then unit_args=-gamepadui; elif nvsilent_status; then unit_args=-silent; fi
+    nvidia_write_unit "$unit_args" || return 1
     user_systemctl enable "$NVIDIA_UNIT" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { err "Enabling $NVIDIA_UNIT failed."; return 1; }
     nvidia_kernel_enable || return 1
     ok "Steam starts at your next login."
@@ -96,6 +97,23 @@ bigpicture_disable() {
     nvidia_write_unit "" && ok "Steam starts in its normal window at your next login."
 }
 
+# Sub-option: Steam starts silently (tray only, no window). Big Picture and
+# a silent start exclude each other (the menus untick one when the other is
+# ticked); a first run with both gets Big Picture.
+nvsilent_status() { grep -qs -- '-silent' "$(nvidia_unit_file)"; }
+
+nvsilent_enable() {
+    [[ -f "$(nvidia_unit_file)" ]] || return 0
+    bigpicture_status && return 0
+    nvidia_write_unit -silent || return 1
+    ok "Steam starts silently at your next login."
+}
+
+nvsilent_disable() {
+    nvsilent_status || return 0
+    nvidia_write_unit "" && ok "Steam starts in its normal window at your next login."
+}
+
 # --- Kernel parameters and early modules (a supported card only)
 
 nvidia_supported() {

lib/steam-desktop.sh

@@ -5,35 +5,63 @@
 
 steam_enable() {
     info "Applying non-optional SteamOS environment & keyboard fixes..."
-    local steam_env_dir systemd_user_dir
+    local steam_env_dir
     steam_env_dir="$HOME/.config/environment.d"
     mkdir -p "$steam_env_dir"
 
     # 2. Prevent KDE Wayland from blocking the virtual keyboard overlay
     echo "KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1" > "$steam_env_dir/99-kde-virtual-keyboard.conf"
 
-    # 3. Setup robust background systemd service for Steam autostart on Desktop Mode
-    systemd_user_dir="$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
-    mkdir -p "$systemd_user_dir"
+    ok "Steam UI parameters and keyboard fix deployed successfully."
+}
 
-    service_file steam-desktop-autostart.service > "$systemd_user_dir/steam-desktop-autostart.service"
+# Sub-option of the SteamOS conversion: Steam starts silently (in the tray,
+# no window) on the Plasma desktop. It is Steam's own autostart entry, the file
+# Steam's setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" creates and removes, so
+# that setting shows what Steamify did (and the other way around). Steam's copy
+# is the system steam.desktop; ours has -silent in its Exec line.
+STEAM_AUTOSTART="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/autostart/steam.desktop"
+STEAM_SYSTEM_DESKTOP=/usr/share/applications/steam.desktop
 
-    # Clean out old .desktop shortcut so they don't fight
-    rm -f "$HOME/.config/autostart/steam.desktop"
+silent_status() {
+    # The old systemd unit counts as on too (until it is migrated by an update of this option).
+    grep -qs '^Exec=.*-silent' "$STEAM_AUTOSTART" ||
+        [[ -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service" ]]
+}
 
-    # Reload user systemd context and activate the background loop
+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 UI parameters and keyboard autostart deployed successfully."
+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;' > "$STEAM_AUTOSTART"
+    ok "Steam starts silently on the desktop from the next login."
+}
+
+silent_disable() {
+    silent_old_unit_remove
+    silent_status && rm -f "$STEAM_AUTOSTART"
+    ok "Steam no longer starts by itself on the desktop."
 }
 
 steam_disable() {
-    info "Removing Steam desktop autostart..."
-    user_systemctl disable --now steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null
-    rm -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service" \
-        "$HOME/.config/environment.d/99-kde-virtual-keyboard.conf"
-    user_systemctl daemon-reload
+    info "Removing Steam desktop settings..."
+    # 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 [[ "$was_running" == true ]]; then
-        if user_systemctl is-enabled -q steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null; then
-            user_systemctl start steam-desktop-autostart.service
-        else
-            systemd-run --user --collect -q steam -silent >/dev/null 2>&1
-        fi
+        systemd-run --user --collect -q steam -silent >/dev/null 2>&1
         info "Steam is starting again."
     fi
     return "$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
-        sleep 3
-        stop_plasmashell_for_edit
-        single_launcher
-        restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
-    fi
+    # The new layout has a new launcher, without single user's settings, and the default taskbar pins.
+    sleep 3
+    stop_plasmashell_for_edit
+    taskbar_drop_discover
+    single_status && single_launcher
+    restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
     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

steamify.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 # Release version, see CHANGELOG.md.
-VERSION=2.10.0
+VERSION=2.11.1
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 

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

@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ Item {
 
     readonly property var status: backend.status || ({})
     readonly property var items: status.items || []
-    readonly property var rows: items.filter(function (i) { return !i.parent || want[i.parent]; })
+    // 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
 
     signal passwordRequested()
@@ -76,10 +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;
+        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;
+        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;
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ Item {
         for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
             var it = items[i];
             if (it.kind !== "toggle") continue;
+            if (hidden(it)) { if (it.on) p.push({ id: it.id, action: "off" }); continue; }
             if (it.parent && !want[it.parent]) { if (it.on) p.push({ id: it.id, action: "off" }); continue; }
             if (want[it.id] && !it.on) p.push({ id: it.id, action: "on", isNew: !!it["new"] });
             else if (!want[it.id] && it.on) p.push({ id: it.id, action: "off" });
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ Item {
     function wantedIds() {
         var ids = [];
         for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
-            if (items[i].kind === "toggle" && want[items[i].id] && (!items[i].parent || want[items[i].parent])) ids.push(items[i].id);
+            if (items[i].kind === "toggle" && want[items[i].id] && !hidden(items[i]) && (!items[i].parent || want[items[i].parent])) ids.push(items[i].id);
         return ids;
     }
 

ui/qml/Texts.qml

@@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ 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 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",
                   body: "gamescope's own gaming mode shows a corrupted picture on NVIDIA graphics cards (an open NVIDIA driver bug), so it isn't offered here. This puts Steam on the Plasma desktop instead and starts it when you log in.",
                   changes: ["Steam is installed when it's missing", "Steam starts at login (a systemd user service)", "Off: the service is removed again; Steam is only removed if Steamify installed it"] },
         bigpicture: { label: "Steam starts in Big Picture", hint: "The controller-friendly Steam, or the normal window",
                       body: "Steam opens in Big Picture at login, which works well with a controller on the TV. Untick it for Steam's normal window.",
                       changes: ["Steam is started with -gamepadui", "Plasma starts with an empty session, so old windows don't cover Big Picture", "Off: Steam starts in its normal window"] },
+        nvsilent: { label: "Start Steam silently", hint: "In the tray at login, no window",
+                    body: "Steam starts in the tray at login without a window. Not together with Big Picture: ticking one unticks the other.",
+                    changes: ["Steam is started with -silent", "Off: Steam starts in its normal window"] },
         theme: { label: "SteamOS theme", hint: "Vapor look for the desktop, Add to Steam",
                  body: "The Vapor look of SteamOS for the desktop, with its panel, launcher icon and wallpaper.",
                  changes: ["cachyos-vapor global theme", "Add to Steam in right-click menus", "Nested Desktop, Steam keyboard window rule"] },