chore: the tests live in steamify-cachyos-dev, remove tests/

2026-10-13 18:25:04 +02:00 · 2026-10-02 07:53:11 +02:00
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@@ -5,24 +5,6 @@ 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.

-## 2.11.2 - 2026-10-13
-
- **feat: the SteamOS conversion is offered on NVIDIA PCs again (GTX 16 / RTX 20 series or newer: Turing and later, the cards NVIDIA's open kernel driver supports): it builds and installs a patched gamescope from [steamify-gamescope-nvidia](https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-gamescope-nvidia) (GBM-allocated scan-out buffers, NVIDIA's corrupted gaming-mode picture, gamescope#2309; a few minutes to build) and sets `gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1` for the session (`lib/gamescope-nvidia.sh`). On those cards it replaces "Gaming on NVIDIA" (kernel parameters, early modules, suspend memory and the 32-bit libraries come with it); "Gaming on NVIDIA" is only offered on older NVIDIA cards, or while it is on (turn it off or swap it for the conversion; the two exclude each other); single user mode works with either. Tested on an RTX 5080 (driver 615.78.08): Steam's gaming UI is clean with it and shows artifacts without. The package is pinned to one gamescope release: updating it is not automatic yet**
-
- **feat: "Gaming on NVIDIA" also keeps video memory over suspend (`NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1` in `/etc/modprobe.d/90-steamify-nvidia.conf`, the initramfs is rebuilt), enables `nvidia-suspend`/`nvidia-resume`/`nvidia-hibernate`, and installs `lib32-nvidia-utils` and `lib32-libxkbcommon` (32-bit games, the 32-bit MangoHud preload) on a supported card; off removes only what Steamify added. Untested on hardware yet**
-
-## 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

 - `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**
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ 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
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ 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 (an option of the SteamOS conversion).
+3. **Steam Deck/Machine icons** - Steam Deck button icons in gaming mode.
 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
@@ -108,11 +108,9 @@ 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; 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;
+- `KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1` for the virtual keyboard and a
+  `steam-desktop-autostart` systemd user service that starts Steam silently
+  in Plasma only;
 - 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.
@@ -126,8 +124,7 @@ 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. 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.
+file), which makes Steam show Steam Deck button glyphs in gaming mode.

 ## SteamOS desktop look

@@ -238,30 +235,14 @@ no fix known). The kernel parameters `nvidia-drm.modeset=1`/`fbdev=1` and loadin
 window straight to the display. What does work on an RTX 5080: Steam's Big Picture (`steam -gamepadui`) as a normal window of
 the Plasma desktop session, smooth and clean.

-Since 2.11.2 there is a second way: gamescope with GBM-allocated scan-out buffers (`lib/gamescope-nvidia.sh`). On an RTX 5080
-(driver 615.78.08, 3440x1440@175) Steam's gaming UI in gamescope's DRM session is clean with it and shows artifacts everywhere
-without. The patch is nine commits of [farnoy/gamescope](https://github.com/farnoy/gamescope) (`nvidia-gbm-wayland`), kept in
-[steamify-gamescope-nvidia](https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-gamescope-nvidia) with its PKGBUILD; `gsn_install_package` clones
-that repository, builds the package as the user (`makepkg -sf`) and installs it with `pacman -U --ask 4` (the package provides and
-conflicts with `gamescope`). It is opt-in inside gamescope: `gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1` in
-`~/.config/gamescope-session/environment` and `~/.config/environment.d/99-steamify-gamescope-nvidia.conf`. The SteamOS conversion
-(`gaming_enable`) does this on a supported card (`nvidia_supported`), together with what "Gaming on NVIDIA" sets up there (the kernel
-parameters, the early modules, suspend memory, the 32-bit libraries: `nvidia_kernel_enable`, `nvidia_extras_enable`). So on a
-supported card the conversion replaces "Gaming on NVIDIA": that one is only offered on older NVIDIA cards, or while it is already on
-(to turn it off, or swap it for the conversion; the two exclude each other: `toggle_component`, `backend.sh`, `AppState.qml`).
-Single user mode works with either. Turning the conversion off removes the setting and those settings, and keeps the packages. The package is pinned to the gamescope release the patch was made for
-(`UPSTREAM_VERSION` in that repository): pacman does not update it, and Steamify does not rebuild it yet.
-
 So with an NVIDIA GPU (PCI vendor 0x10de, display class, its driver providing `nvidia_drm`: `nvidia_present`) the SteamOS
-conversion (`gaming`, and its options `boot`, `single`, `glyphs`) is only offered on a supported card (GTX 16 / RTX 20 series or newer, Turing and later,
-`nvidia_supported`) with the patched gamescope described below, or when it is already on (so it can be turned off).
-`nvidia` ("Gaming on NVIDIA", `lib/nvidia.sh`) is for older NVIDIA cards (and for PCs where it is already on), and excludes the
-conversion (both would start Steam at login): it installs `steam` when missing (recorded in state `nvidia`, removed again only then) and enables the user
+conversion (`gaming`, and its options `boot`, `single`, `glyphs`) isn't offered, unless it is already on (so it can be turned
+off). `nvidia` ("Gaming on NVIDIA", `lib/nvidia.sh`) takes its place, hidden while the conversion is on (both would start
+Steam at login): it installs `steam` when missing (recorded in state `nvidia`, removed again only then) and enables the user
 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 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
+(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
 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
@@ -362,7 +343,8 @@ 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 (`steam -silent`). That's refused in gaming
+closed (`steam -shutdown`) for the edit and started again (through
+`steam-desktop-autostart.service` when it's there). 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
@@ -507,8 +489,7 @@ 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/autostart/steam.desktop` | the `silent` option (Steam's "Run Steam when my computer starts") |
-| `~/.config/systemd/user/` | `steamify-update-check.*` |
+| `~/.config/systemd/user/` | `steamify-update-check.*`, `steam-desktop-autostart.service` |

 System-wide: `/usr/local/lib/steamify/` (kernel headers script),
 `/usr/src/steamify-*` (DKMS modules), `/var/cache/steamify/kernel` (the old
@@ -554,9 +535,7 @@ 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`). 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`).
+Plasma session waits for the first login (`lib/first-login.sh`).

 With `Relogin=true`, a gamescope session that fails to start is restarted
 immediately, which can turn into a loop - see
@@ -587,7 +566,6 @@ immediately, which can turn into a loop - see
 | `lib/update-notifier.sh` | Update notifications: the notifier from `patches/` and its user timer |
 | `lib/first-login.sh` | `--defaults` without a session (the Steam Machine ISO's installer): the one-time first-login step that sets up single user's launcher on Plasma's new layout and opens the app |
 | `lib/controllers.sh` | Extended controller support: Xbox wireless dongle (xone) and Xbox Bluetooth (xpadneo) from the CachyOS repo |
-| `lib/gamescope-nvidia.sh` | gamescope on NVIDIA: builds and installs the patched gamescope (GBM scan-out) from steamify-gamescope-nvidia and sets `gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1` for the SteamOS conversion |
 | `lib/nvidia.sh` | Gaming on NVIDIA: Steam on the desktop, started at login, optionally in Big Picture (replaces the SteamOS conversion there) |
 | `lib/vram-booster.sh` | VRAM booster (`dmemcg-booster`, `plasma-foreground-booster`) |
 | `services/` | The systemd units the scripts install (`service_file`, `@KEY@` placeholders); see its README |
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ 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)"
@@ -147,24 +146,15 @@ backend_apply() {
        for id in "${want[@]}"; do [[ "$id" == "$c" ]] && WANTED[$c]=1; done
    done
    # The same rules as the menu's toggles.
-    # (Single user mode only needs the conversion where it is offered: not on NVIDIA PCs, where it works without it.)
-    [[ "${WANTED[single]:-0}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming && ! nvidia_present && WANTED[gaming]=1
-    # On NVIDIA the conversion and "Gaming on NVIDIA" exclude each other: the one that is not on yet wins.
-    if nvidia_present && [[ "${WANTED[gaming]:-0}" == 1 && "${WANTED[nvidia]:-0}" == 1 ]]; then
-        if [[ "${CURRENT[gaming]:-0}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[gaming]=0; WANTED[boot]=0; WANTED[silent]=0; WANTED[glyphs]=0
-        else WANTED[nvidia]=0; WANTED[bigpicture]=0; WANTED[nvsilent]=0; fi
-    fi
+    # (Single user mode only needs the conversion where it is offered: not on NVIDIA PCs.)
+    [[ "${WANTED[single]:-0}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming && WANTED[gaming]=1
    if component_available gaming; then
-        [[ "${WANTED[gaming]:-0}" == 0 ]] && { nvidia_present || WANTED[single]=0; WANTED[boot]=0; }
+        [[ "${WANTED[gaming]:-0}" == 0 ]] && { WANTED[single]=0; WANTED[boot]=0; }
    else
        WANTED[boot]=0
    fi
    [[ "${WANTED[bigpicture]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvidia]=1
-    [[ "${WANTED[nvsilent]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[nvidia]=1
-    [[ "${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; }
+    [[ "${WANTED[nvidia]:-0}" == 0 ]] && WANTED[bigpicture]=0
    [[ "${WANTED[poweroff]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[machine]=1
    [[ "${WANTED[machine]:-0}" == 0 ]] && WANTED[poweroff]=0
    [[ "${WANTED[kpin]:-0}" == 1 ]] && WANTED[machine]=1
@@ -7,25 +7,13 @@

 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
-mkdir -p ~/.cache
-{ $run; } > ~/.cache/steamify-first-login.log 2>&1
+curl -fsSL --max-time 30 "$WIZARD_URL" | bash -s -- --first-login
 rm -f "$FIRST_LOGIN_ENTRY" "\$0"
 [[ -x "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER" ]] && exec "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER"
 EOF2
@@ -43,9 +31,10 @@ first_login_run() {
        [[ -n "$(plasma_applets org.kde.plasma.kickoff)" ]] && break
        sleep 2
    done
-    stop_plasmashell_for_edit
-    taskbar_drop_discover
-    single_status && single_launcher
-    restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
+    if single_status; then
+        stop_plasmashell_for_edit
+        single_launcher
+        restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
+    fi
    return 0
 }
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# gamescope's own gaming mode on NVIDIA: a patched gamescope that allocates its scan-out buffers with GBM, which cures
-# the corrupted picture (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope/issues/2309). The patch and the build recipe live in
-# https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-gamescope-nvidia; the package `steamify-gamescope-nvidia` is built here, on the PC,
-# and replaces `gamescope` (it provides it). The patch is opt-in: gamescope reads `gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1` from its
-# environment, which is set for the gaming session (gamescope-session's environment file, and environment.d).
-# Used by the SteamOS conversion (`gaming_enable`/`gaming_disable`) on a supported NVIDIA card (`nvidia_supported`):
-# GTX 16 / RTX 20 series or newer (Turing and later, what NVIDIA's open kernel driver supports).
-# Sourced by steamify.sh; not meant to be run on its own.
-
-GSN_PKG=steamify-gamescope-nvidia
-GSN_REPO=${GSN_REPO:-https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-gamescope-nvidia.git}
-GSN_ENV_LINE='gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1'
-GSN_ENV_D="${GSN_ENV_D:-$HOME/.config/environment.d/99-steamify-gamescope-nvidia.conf}"
-GSN_SESSION_ENV="${GSN_SESSION_ENV:-$HOME/.config/gamescope-session/environment}"
-
-gsn_package_installed() { pacman -Q "$GSN_PKG" >/dev/null 2>&1; }
-
-gsn_env_set() { [[ -f "$GSN_ENV_D" ]] && grep -qsx "$GSN_ENV_LINE" "$GSN_SESSION_ENV"; }
-
-gsn_status() { gsn_package_installed && gsn_env_set; }
-
-gsn_install_package() {
-    # Builds the package from the repo (makepkg runs as the user, never as root) and installs it. The build needs a few
-    # minutes: gamescope compiles from source. --ask 4 lets pacman replace the stock gamescope it conflicts with.
-    gsn_package_installed && return 0
-    info "Building the patched gamescope for NVIDIA (a few minutes)..."
-    sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm base-devel git || { err "Installing the build tools failed."; return 1; }
-    local dir pkg
-    dir="$(mktemp -d)" || return 1
-    if ! git clone --depth 1 "$GSN_REPO" "$dir/src"; then
-        err "Couldn't download $GSN_REPO."
-        rm -rf "$dir"; return 1
-    fi
-    if ! (cd "$dir/src" && makepkg -sf --noconfirm --nocheck); then
-        err "Building the patched gamescope failed (see above). The stock gamescope stays."
-        rm -rf "$dir"; return 1
-    fi
-    pkg="$(ls "$dir"/src/"$GSN_PKG"-*.pkg.tar.* 2>/dev/null | grep -v -- '-debug-' | head -1)"
-    if [[ -z "$pkg" ]] || ! sudo pacman -U --noconfirm --ask 4 "$pkg"; then
-        err "Installing the patched gamescope failed. The stock gamescope stays."
-        rm -rf "$dir"; return 1
-    fi
-    rm -rf "$dir"
-    ok "Patched gamescope installed."
-}
-
-gsn_env_enable() {
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$GSN_ENV_D")" "$(dirname "$GSN_SESSION_ENV")"
-    echo "$GSN_ENV_LINE" > "$GSN_ENV_D"
-    touch "$GSN_SESSION_ENV"
-    grep -qsx "$GSN_ENV_LINE" "$GSN_SESSION_ENV" || echo "$GSN_ENV_LINE" >> "$GSN_SESSION_ENV"
-}
-
-gsn_env_disable() {
-    rm -f "$GSN_ENV_D"
-    [[ -f "$GSN_SESSION_ENV" ]] && sed -i "/^${GSN_ENV_LINE}\$/d" "$GSN_SESSION_ENV"
-    return 0
-}
-
-gsn_enable() {
-    # Only on a supported NVIDIA card; elsewhere the stock gamescope is right.
-    nvidia_supported || return 0
-    # What NVIDIA's DRM stack wants (lib/nvidia.sh): modeset/fbdev on the kernel command line, the modules in the
-    # initramfs, video memory kept over suspend, the 32-bit libraries. Takes effect at the next boot, like the session.
-    nvidia_kernel_enable || return 1
-    nvidia_extras_enable || return 1
-    gsn_install_package || return 1
-    gsn_env_enable
-    ok "gamescope draws NVIDIA's picture through GBM (gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1) from the next gaming mode start."
-}
-
-gsn_disable() {
-    # The setting goes, and what nvidia_*_enable added; the packages stay (patched gamescope, 32-bit libraries), like
-    # the other packages of the conversion (steam, gamescope-session-cachyos).
-    gsn_env_disable
-    nvidia_supported || return 0
-    nvidia_extras_disable
-    nvidia_kernel_disable
-}
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ gaming_enable() {
    # LOGIN_MANAGER (sddm with single user, else plasmalogin) is set by the
    # menu. Re-running with the other value switches over cleanly.
    install_required_packages || return 1
-    # NVIDIA: gamescope's picture is corrupted unless it is the patched one (no-op elsewhere).
-    gsn_enable || return 1
    case "$LOGIN_MANAGER" in
        sddm)
            switch_to_sddm || return 1
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@ gaming_disable() {
    switch_to_plasmalogin
    remove_desktop_shortcut
    steam_disable
-    gsn_disable
    krevert gaming
    os_name_disable
    ok "The PC boots to the normal login screen again (from the next boot)."
@@ -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 glyphs nvidia bigpicture nvsilent theme single launcher steamgame notify extended_controller_support vram cec machine poweroff kpin hdmi bios)
+COMPONENTS=(gaming boot nvidia bigpicture theme glyphs 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 [glyphs]=gaming [bigpicture]=nvidia [nvsilent]=nvidia [steamgame]=launcher [poweroff]=machine [kpin]=machine [hdmi]=machine [bios]=machine)
+declare -A PARENT=([boot]=gaming [bigpicture]=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 silent nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
+NO_PRESELECT=(boot 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 silent 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]=2.11.0 [nvidia]=2.11.2 [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 [nvidia]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [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
 )
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ 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"
@@ -57,12 +55,11 @@ declare -A CURRENT WANTED

 component_available() {
    case "$1" in
-        # gamescope's own session shows a corrupted picture on NVIDIA unless it is the patched one (lib/gamescope-nvidia.sh,
-        # installed with the conversion on a supported card); "Gaming on NVIDIA" is the alternative there. Older NVIDIA
-        # cards only get the alternative (the conversion is shown anyway when it's already on, so it can be turned off).
-        gaming|boot|silent|glyphs) ! nvidia_present || gaming_status || nvidia_supported ;;
+        # 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 ;;
        nvidia) nvidia_available ;;
-        bigpicture|nvsilent) bigpicture_available ;;
+        bigpicture) 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;
@@ -86,8 +83,6 @@ 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 ]]
 }

@@ -287,7 +282,7 @@ 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[$c]:-}"),\"needs\":\"\",\"hideWhen\":$(json_str "$([[ "$c" == nvsilent ]] && echo bigpicture)"),\"on\":$on,\"selectable\":$sel}"
+        items+=",\"kind\":\"$kind\",\"parent\":$(json_str "${PARENT[$c]:-}"),\"on\":$on,\"selectable\":$sel}"
    done
    printf '[%s]\n' "$items"
 }
@@ -298,28 +293,13 @@ toggle_component() {
    WANTED[$c]=$(( 1 - WANTED[$c] ))
    # Single user mode only makes sense on top of the SteamOS conversion.
    # (On NVIDIA the conversion isn't offered: single user mode logs in by itself, see lib/single-user.sh.)
-    if [[ "$c" == single && "${WANTED[single]}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming && ! nvidia_present; then WANTED[gaming]=1; fi
-    if [[ "$c" == gaming && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 0 ]]; then nvidia_present || WANTED[single]=0; WANTED[boot]=0; fi
+    if [[ "$c" == single && "${WANTED[single]}" == 1 ]] && component_available gaming; then WANTED[gaming]=1; fi
+    if [[ "$c" == gaming && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 0 ]]; then WANTED[single]=0; WANTED[boot]=0; fi
    # Where to boot to is part of the conversion, too.
    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; 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
-    # On NVIDIA the SteamOS conversion and "Gaming on NVIDIA" exclude each other (both would start Steam at login);
-    # single user mode works with either.
-    if nvidia_present; then
-        if [[ "$c" == nvidia && "${WANTED[nvidia]}" == 1 ]]; then
-            WANTED[gaming]=0; WANTED[boot]=0; WANTED[silent]=0; WANTED[glyphs]=0
-        elif [[ "$c" =~ ^(gaming|boot|silent|glyphs)$ && "${WANTED[$c]}" == 1 && "${WANTED[gaming]}" == 1 ]]; then
-            WANTED[nvidia]=0; WANTED[bigpicture]=0; WANTED[nvsilent]=0
-        fi
-    fi
+    if [[ "$c" == bigpicture && "${WANTED[bigpicture]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[nvidia]=1; fi
    # The power-off fix is opt-out: ticked along with Steam Machine support.
    if [[ "$c" == machine ]]; then WANTED[poweroff]=${WANTED[machine]}; fi
    if [[ "$c" == poweroff && "${WANTED[poweroff]}" == 1 ]]; then WANTED[machine]=1; fi
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF=${NVIDIA_INITRAMFS_CONF:-/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/90-steamif
 # The script and pacman hook that keep the initramfs file right at every kernel change.
 NVIDIA_SCRIPT=${NVIDIA_SCRIPT:-/usr/local/libexec/steamify-nvidia-initramfs}
 NVIDIA_HOOK=${NVIDIA_HOOK:-/etc/pacman.d/hooks/85-steamify-nvidia-initramfs.hook}
-# Keeps video memory over suspend (with the nvidia-suspend/resume services).
-NVIDIA_MODPROBE=${NVIDIA_MODPROBE:-/etc/modprobe.d/90-steamify-nvidia.conf}
-NVIDIA_SLEEP_UNITS="nvidia-suspend.service nvidia-resume.service nvidia-hibernate.service"
-# 32-bit parts Steam games and the 32-bit MangoHud preload need.
-NVIDIA_LIB32_PKGS="lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-libxkbcommon"
 # The running kernel's command line; the tests point this at a file.
 NVIDIA_CMDLINE=${NVIDIA_CMDLINE:-/proc/cmdline}
 # The DRM devices in sysfs; the tests point this at a fake tree.
@@ -37,11 +32,9 @@ nvidia_present() {
    return 1
 }

-# The SteamOS conversion with the patched gamescope (lib/gamescope-nvidia.sh) replaces this on a supported card, so
-# this is for older NVIDIA cards, and for a PC where it is already on (so it can be turned off, or swapped for the
-# conversion). It and the conversion exclude each other (both would start Steam at login): the menu unticks one when
-# the other is ticked.
-nvidia_available() { nvidia_present && { ! nvidia_supported || nvidia_status; }; }
+# Shown on NVIDIA PCs, unless the SteamOS conversion is already on there (it
+# has to be turned off first: both would start Steam at login).
+nvidia_available() { nvidia_present && ! gaming_status 2>/dev/null; }
 bigpicture_available() { nvidia_available; }

 nvidia_status() {
@@ -64,12 +57,10 @@ nvidia_enable() {
        state_set nvidia installed_pkgs steam
    fi
    # Keeps what the Big Picture option set up; a first run starts Steam normally.
-    local unit_args=""
-    if bigpicture_status; then unit_args=-gamepadui; elif nvsilent_status; then unit_args=-silent; fi
+    local unit_args=""; bigpicture_status && unit_args=-gamepadui
    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
-    nvidia_extras_enable || return 1
    ok "Steam starts at your next login."
 }

@@ -78,19 +69,13 @@ nvidia_disable() {
    user_systemctl disable --now "$NVIDIA_UNIT" >/dev/null 2>&1
    rm -f "$unit"
    user_systemctl daemon-reload
-    # Swapped for the SteamOS conversion (turned on first, in the same run): it needs the same settings, they stay.
-    gaming_status 2>/dev/null || nvidia_extras_disable
    pkgs="$(state_get nvidia installed_pkgs)"
-    if gaming_status 2>/dev/null; then
-        local p; pkgs=" $pkgs "
-        for p in $NVIDIA_LIB32_PKGS; do pkgs="${pkgs// $p / }"; done
-    fi
    # Only what Steamify installed; games and the Steam folder stay.
    # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # a list of package names
    [[ -n "$pkgs" ]] && sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm $pkgs >/dev/null 2>&1
    state_clear nvidia
    krevert bigpicture
-    gaming_status 2>/dev/null || nvidia_kernel_disable
+    nvidia_kernel_disable
    ok "Steam no longer starts at login."
 }

@@ -111,28 +96,11 @@ 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() {
    # A supported NVIDIA GPU: PCI vendor 0x10de, display class, its kernel
-    # driver installed, and not older than Turing (GTX 16 / RTX 20 series: the cards NVIDIA's open kernel driver supports), decided like the
+    # driver installed, and not older than the RTX 20 series, decided like the
    # VRAM booster does (vram_nvidia_legacy_id: chwd's legacy card lists, every
    # other card runs NVIDIA's open modules). Older cards are left alone.
    local d
@@ -268,48 +236,6 @@ nvidia_kernel_enable() {
    return 0
 }

-nvidia_extras_enable() {
-    # Video memory kept over sleep, the matching services and the 32-bit libraries (a supported card only).
-    nvidia_supported || return 0
-    local pkg u units="" prev missing=()
-    if [[ ! -f "$NVIDIA_MODPROBE" ]]; then
-        info "Keeping video memory over suspend (NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1)..."
-        printf '%s\n' '# Added by Steamify (Gaming on NVIDIA)' 'options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1' |
-            sudo tee "$NVIDIA_MODPROBE" >/dev/null || { err "Writing $NVIDIA_MODPROBE failed."; return 1; }
-        # The NVIDIA modules load from the initramfs, which carries modprobe.d.
-        nvidia_rebuild_boot || warn "Rebuilding the initramfs failed: the suspend setting applies once it is rebuilt."
-    fi
-    for u in $NVIDIA_SLEEP_UNITS; do
-        systemctl is-enabled -q "$u" 2>/dev/null && continue
-        sudo systemctl enable "$u" >/dev/null 2>&1 && units+="${units:+ }$u"
-    done
-    if [[ -n "$units" ]]; then
-        prev="$(state_get nvidia enabled_units)"
-        state_set nvidia enabled_units "${prev:+$prev }$units"
-    fi
-    for pkg in $NVIDIA_LIB32_PKGS; do pacman -Q "$pkg" >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("$pkg"); done
-    if [[ ${#missing[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
-        info "Installing the 32-bit libraries games need: ${missing[*]}"
-        if sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm "${missing[@]}"; then
-            prev="$(state_get nvidia installed_pkgs)"
-            state_set nvidia installed_pkgs "${prev:+$prev }${missing[*]}"
-        else
-            warn "Installing ${missing[*]} failed (is [multilib] enabled in /etc/pacman.conf?): 32-bit games may not start."
-        fi
-    fi
-    return 0
-}
-
-nvidia_extras_disable() {
-    # Only what Steamify enabled; the 32-bit packages go with installed_pkgs.
-    local u
-    for u in $(state_get nvidia enabled_units); do sudo systemctl disable "$u" >/dev/null 2>&1; done
-    if [[ -f "$NVIDIA_MODPROBE" ]]; then
-        sudo rm -f "$NVIDIA_MODPROBE"
-        nvidia_rebuild_boot || true
-    fi
-}
-
 nvidia_kernel_disable() {
    local f changed=0; f="$(nvidia_boot_file)"
    if [[ -n "$f" ]] && grep -q "$NVIDIA_PARAMS" "$f" 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -5,63 +5,35 @@

 steam_enable() {
    info "Applying non-optional SteamOS environment & keyboard fixes..."
-    local steam_env_dir
+    local steam_env_dir systemd_user_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"

-    ok "Steam UI parameters and keyboard fix deployed successfully."
-}
+    # 3. Setup robust background systemd service for Steam autostart on Desktop Mode
+    systemd_user_dir="$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
+    mkdir -p "$systemd_user_dir"

-# 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
+    service_file steam-desktop-autostart.service > "$systemd_user_dir/steam-desktop-autostart.service"

-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" ]]
-}
+    # 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"
+    # Reload user systemd context and activate the background loop
    user_systemctl daemon-reload
-}
+    user_systemctl enable --now steam-desktop-autostart.service

-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."
+    ok "Steam UI parameters and keyboard autostart deployed successfully."
 }

 steam_disable() {
-    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 "$HOME/.config/environment.d/99-kde-virtual-keyboard.conf"
+    info "Removing Steam desktop autostart..."
+    user_systemctl disable --now steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null
+    rm -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service" \
+        "$HOME/.config/environment.d/99-kde-virtual-keyboard.conf"
+    user_systemctl daemon-reload
    ok "Steam desktop settings removed (takes full effect at next login)."
 }

@@ -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 (silently, in the tray).
+    # again if it was running (through our autostart unit when that's there).
    local was_running=false i
    if pgrep -x steam >/dev/null; then
        steamgame_steam_busy && return 1
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ steamgame_edit() {
    fi
    "$1"; local rc=$?
    if [[ "$was_running" == true ]]; then
-        systemd-run --user --collect -q steam -silent >/dev/null 2>&1
+        if user_systemctl is-enabled -q steam-desktop-autostart.service 2>/dev/null; then
+            user_systemctl start steam-desktop-autostart.service
+        else
+            systemd-run --user --collect -q steam -silent >/dev/null 2>&1
+        fi
        info "Steam is starting again."
    fi
    return "$rc"
@@ -407,12 +407,9 @@ 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 "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" > /dev/null ||
+        'z /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 0444 - - -' | sudo tee "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" > /dev/null &&
+        sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" ||
        { err "Making the serial number readable for Steam failed."; return 1; }
-    # The file applies at every boot; now too, unless /sys is read-only (the ISO's installer runs in a chroot).
-    sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create "$SERIAL_TMPFILES" 2>/dev/null ||
-        info "The serial number becomes readable for Steam at the next boot."
-    return 0
 }

 serial_disable() {
@@ -106,32 +106,17 @@ 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, and the default taskbar pins.
-    sleep 3
-    stop_plasmashell_for_edit
-    taskbar_drop_discover
-    single_status && single_launcher
-    restart_plasmashell_if_stopped
+    # 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
    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..."
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ read and reviewed on their own. `lib/*.sh` reads them with `patch_file
 | `steamify-os-release.sh`, `steamify-os-release.hook` | `lib/login-manager.sh` (SteamOS conversion) | What Steam's System settings show besides the OS name (which stays CachyOS's): `VERSION_ID=steamos-X.Y`, `VERSION_CODENAME=steam-machine`, `VARIANT`/`VARIANT_ID` Steamify with its version, in `/etc/os-release`; the pacman hook runs it again after cachyos-hooks (`fill SCRIPT=... VERSION=... STEAMOS=...`) |
 | `steamify-nvidia-initramfs.sh`, `steamify-nvidia-initramfs.hook` | `lib/nvidia.sh` (SteamOS conversion, NVIDIA fix) | The pacman hook (before the initramfs is built, after DKMS) and its script: the NVIDIA modules go into the initramfs only while every installed kernel has them, decided again at every kernel or driver change (`fill SCRIPT=...`) |
 | `cros-ec-cec-single-port.patch` | `lib/cec.sh` (HDMI-CEC) | Makes Valve's Steam Machine CEC driver find amdgpu's HDMI port |
-| `gamescope-gbm-scanout.patch` | `lib/nvidia.sh` (gamescope on NVIDIA) | gamescope 3.16.31 patch: scan-out buffers allocated with GBM (opt-in, `gamescope_drm_gbm_scanout=1`), which cures the corrupted picture on NVIDIA; from farnoy/gamescope, see the header of the file |
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ 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) |
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[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
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 set -uo pipefail

 # Release version, see CHANGELOG.md.
-VERSION=2.11.2
+VERSION=2.10.0

 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"

-for lib in common state packages login-manager single-user steam-desktop steam-machine fremont-poweroff vram-booster hdmi-refresh nvidia gamescope-nvidia controllers cec boot-session vapor-theme steamos-extras bios desktop-shortcut wizard-shortcut steam-game update-notifier first-login menu backend; do
+for lib in common state packages login-manager single-user steam-desktop steam-machine fremont-poweroff vram-booster hdmi-refresh nvidia controllers cec boot-session vapor-theme steamos-extras bios desktop-shortcut wizard-shortcut steam-game update-notifier first-login menu backend; do
    # shellcheck source=/dev/null
    source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/$lib.sh"
 done
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ Item {

    readonly property var status: backend.status || ({})
    readonly property var items: status.items || []
-    // 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 rows: items.filter(function (i) { return !i.parent || want[i.parent]; })
    readonly property var bios: status.bios || null

    signal passwordRequested()
@@ -78,21 +76,10 @@ Item {
        w[id] = !w[id];
        // The same rules as the terminal menu (toggle_component).
        var hasGaming = items.some(function (i) { return i.id === "gaming"; });
-        var hasNvidia = items.some(function (i) { return i.id === "nvidia"; });
-        // Single user mode works without the conversion on NVIDIA PCs.
-        if (id === "gaming" && !w.gaming) { if (!hasNvidia) w.single = false; w.silent = false; w.glyphs = false; }
-        if (id === "single" && w.single && hasGaming && !hasNvidia) w.gaming = true;
+        if (id === "gaming" && !w.gaming) w.single = 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;
-        // On NVIDIA the conversion and "Gaming on NVIDIA" exclude each other (both would start Steam at login).
-        if (hasGaming && hasNvidia) {
-            if (id === "nvidia" && w.nvidia) { w.gaming = false; w.silent = false; w.glyphs = false; }
-            else if ((id === "gaming" || id === "silent" || id === "glyphs") && w[id] && w.gaming) { w.nvidia = false; w.bigpicture = false; w.nvsilent = false; }
-        }
+        if (id === "bigpicture" && w.bigpicture) w.nvidia = true;
        if (id === "machine") w.poweroff = w.machine;
        if (id === "poweroff" && w.poweroff) w.machine = true;
        if (id === "machine" && !w.machine) w.kpin = false;
@@ -106,7 +93,6 @@ 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" });
@@ -123,7 +109,7 @@ Item {
    function wantedIds() {
        var ids = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
-            if (items[i].kind === "toggle" && want[items[i].id] && !hidden(items[i]) && (!items[i].parent || want[items[i].parent])) ids.push(items[i].id);
+            if (items[i].kind === "toggle" && want[items[i].id] && (!items[i].parent || want[items[i].parent])) ids.push(items[i].id);
        return ids;
    }

@@ -6,22 +6,16 @@ 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"] },
+                  changes: ["Autologin into gamescope", "Return to Gaming Mode shortcut", "Steam starts silently on the desktop"] },
        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"] },