feat: Gaming on NVIDIA keeps video memory over suspend and installs the 32-bit libraries

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ 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: "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**

lib/menu.sh

@@ -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]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [nvsilent]=2.11.0 [theme]=2.1.0 [glyphs]=2.1.0 [single]=2.1.0
+    [gaming]=2.9.0 [boot]=2.1.0 [silent]=2.11.0 [nvidia]=2.11.2 [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
 )

lib/nvidia.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ 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=${NVIDIA_CMDLINE:-/proc/cmdline}
 # The DRM devices in sysfs; the tests point this at a fake tree.
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ nvidia_enable() {
     nvidia_write_unit "$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."
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ nvidia_disable() {
     user_systemctl disable --now "$NVIDIA_UNIT" >/dev/null 2>&1
     rm -f "$unit"
     user_systemctl daemon-reload
+    nvidia_extras_disable
     pkgs="$(state_get nvidia installed_pkgs)"
     # Only what Steamify installed; games and the Steam folder stay.
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # a list of package names
@@ -254,6 +261,48 @@ 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

steamify.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 # Release version, see CHANGELOG.md.
-VERSION=2.11.1
+VERSION=2.11.2
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"