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Zombrexo
Sooooo, what to do with sunshine? And what is moonlight?
Sooooo
, what to do with sunshine
?
And what is moonlight
?
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Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:24 PM
Me confused neanderthal
T
termdisc
•
3/6/24, 9:24 PM
moonlight is the client
T
termdisc
•
3/6/24, 9:24 PM
sunshine is the server
Z
Zombrexo
Sooooo, what to do with sunshine? And what is moonlight?
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:25 PM
sunshine is a streaming service for games
(think steam link host
)
moonlight is the client for sunshine that sunshine will stream to
Z
Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:25 PM
Okay
, so I install moonlight on my tv
?
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:26 PM
yes
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:26 PM
assuming whatever your tv runs
, support it
Z
Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:26 PM
But how do I use sunshine from game mode
, right now I am in desktop mode
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:27 PM
it starts in gamemode if you enable the autostart
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:27 PM
it is a bit finiky
, but i will be having a look at that as soon as i have some freetime
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:28 PM
it should start with gamemode when you boot
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:28 PM
but if you go into desktop mode then back to gamemode
, it will not restart sunshine
(even though the service fails
)
H
HikariKnight
but if you go into desktop mode then back to gamemode, it will not restart sunsh...
M
matt_schwartz
•
3/6/24, 9:28 PM
Yeah it
’s pretty inconsistent with autostart in game mode
, I flagged it to the sunshine team but never heard back about it
.
For now the most consistent way is starting via SSH in game mode or some artificial delay in the auto start command
.
M
matt_schwartz
•
3/6/24, 9:29 PM
the weirdest part I noticed is that if you start it in ssh via game mode
, it seems to persist between session switching
M
matt_schwartz
•
3/6/24, 9:29 PM
if you do the same on desktop
, it doesn
’t
M
matt_schwartz
the weirdest part I noticed is that if you start it in ssh via game mode, it see...
H
HikariKnight
•
3/6/24, 9:29 PM
didnt when i tested
M
matt_schwartz
•
3/6/24, 9:30 PM
hmm
, maybe I just got lucky on my end
? I even had it work in TTY which was wild
.
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Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:38 PM
Soo I toggled autostart but now moonlight can
't find it
Z
Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:38 PM
After restarting that is
Z
Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:52 PM
Nope
, no activity at all from sunshine in game mode no matter how many times I restart
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 9:53 PM
You can just use steam streaming in gamemode
, it
's only a Wayland vs X11 issue on the desktop
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 9:53 PM
That
's why that was my first question
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Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 9:58 PM
Nope
, using steam link reboots my machine for some reason
, and it is very unstable in X11
T
Tistasis
•
3/6/24, 10:04 PM
Can a Legion go with this distro can be wake up from sleep with a xbox controller like a Nintendo switch
?
S
Shrimplover100
•
3/6/24, 10:11 PM
Have you guys been hearing about the work being done recently on nvk
?
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:12 PM
Yep
S
Shrimplover100
Have you guys been hearing about the work being done recently on nvk?
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:12 PM
It
's supported on all non
-nvidia builds today
, and will be in a really good place once Mesa 24 is live
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:12 PM
There
's a command to enable it on bazzite
K
Kyle Gospo
It's supported on all non-nvidia builds today, and will be in a really good plac...
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:12 PM
I thought it was ujust command on nvidia builds
?
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:12 PM
That ujust is rebasing you to a non
-nvidia build
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:13 PM
Ah
lol
S
Shrimplover100
•
3/6/24, 10:13 PM
When Fedora 40 releases will there be a need for a seperate Nvidia image anymore
?
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:13 PM
Yes
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:13 PM
NVK still isn
't perfect
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:13 PM
Yeah
, still a long way from performance parity
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:13 PM
And even after people will want CUDA and shit
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:14 PM
One day we
'll stop recommending Nvidia images
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:14 PM
But I suspect that
's a year or more away
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:14 PM
It
's a good amount of time
V
Valerie
•
3/6/24, 10:14 PM
NVK is super cool but I wouldn
't recommend it to newbies just yet
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Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 10:14 PM
Sunshine in gamemode
.
.
.
.
Me dying
.
I
've been trying to play remotely for like the whole day
.
Z
Zombrexo
OP
•
3/6/24, 10:15 PM
Obviously my steam link is cracked but there must be a way to get sunshine in gamemode
K
Kyle Gospo
And even after people will want CUDA and shit
S
Shrimplover100
•
3/6/24, 10:16 PM
Will the community eventually figure out a way to support cuda
?
S
Shrimplover100
Will the community eventually figure out a way to support cuda?
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:16 PM
ZLUDA
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:16 PM
Can
't guarantee it
'll work forever though
Z
Zombrexo
Obviously my steam link is cracked but there must be a way to get sunshine in ga...
K
Kyle Gospo
•
3/6/24, 10:16 PM
Should be working
, I can take a look in a bit
S
Shrimplover100
•
3/6/24, 10:17 PM
Interesting
, thanks for the insights
!
Z
Zombrexo
Sunshine in gamemode.... Me dying. I've been trying to play remotely for like ...
K
Krepta
•
3/6/24, 11:16 PM
You can run it in a nested desktop if you
're using kde
K
Krepta
•
3/6/24, 11:16 PM
Just don
't close the desktop and keep it running
. You can then use moonlight
.
K
Krepta
•
3/6/24, 11:17 PM
The service only starts automatically in full desktop mode I
've found
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