flatpak prism launcher not appearing in host gamescope session with steam in distrobox

okay so i have a setup with these three things

prism launcher as a flatpak and added as a non-steam game
gamescope layered on fedora sway atomic 40
steam from the bazzite-arch container (exported)

i run steam with this command

gamescope -e -W 1920 -H 1080 -r 60 -- steam -bigpicture -steamos3

gamescope -e -W 1920 -H 1080 -r 60 -- steam -bigpicture -steamos3

and launch prism launcher from within steam

prism launcher launches, but outside of the gamescope session, meaning that:

prism launcher is is open when the gamescope session is closed
i can't see or interact with prism launcher from within the gamescope session

Solution

https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/issues/462

GitHub

Run flatpaks inside distrobox · Issue #462 · 89luca89/distrobox

Describe the bug Running arch in distrobox with podman, cannot use flatpak To Reproduce 1, distrobox create -i archlinux and then enter it 2, installing flatpak by pacman 3, try to install okular b...

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not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:26 PM

this does not happen when using layered steam

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:26 PM

and appears to only happen when using container steam

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:27 PM

(with flatpak steam flatpaks can't be imported)

Nnot_leader okay so i have a setup with these three things 1. prism launcher as a flatpak an...

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:27 PM

steam from the bazzite-arch container (exported)

on bazzite?

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:27 PM

or are you using another distro?

KKyle Gospo or are you using another distro?

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:27 PM

fedora sway atomic

Nnot_leader fedora sway atomic

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:27 PM

gotcha, that makes more sense

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:27 PM

Iirc gamescope can't work properly in distrobox, main reason being that it can't create the x server files in /etc due to perms

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

might be part of your issue

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

there's a flatpak gamescope you may be able to hook up for this role

KKyle Gospo Iirc gamescope can't work properly in distrobox, main reason being that it can't...

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

oh this is layered gamescope

Nnot_leader oh this is layered gamescope

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

so gamescope -> steam -> flatpak?

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

gamescope is layered, but steam is in a distrobox

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

or steam -> gamescope (on host) -> flatpak (on host)?

KKyle Gospo or steam -> gamescope (on host) -> flatpak (on host)?

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:28 PM

gamescope (on host) -> steam (distrobox, exported to host) -> flatpak (on host)

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:29 PM

interesting stuff, amazing that works

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:29 PM

(ish)

Nnot_leader gamescope (on host) -> steam (distrobox, exported to host) -> flatpak (on host)

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:33 PM

flatpak (on host)

i think this might be the problem

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:35 PM

i'll test with a game not on host

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:36 PM

okay yep that's the problem

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:36 PM

using a game not on host works fine

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:36 PM

tested with warfork (distrobox, installed using steam)

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:37 PM

is there a way to run host flatpaks in the container?

Kyle Gospo•9/30/24, 10:38 PM

they have to be on the host, but you can symlink /usr/bin/flatpak to /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec in the box

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:38 PM

oh right there is a "/usr/bin/flatpak" in the container

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:38 PM

i believe this to be the host flatpak

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:39 PM

because no flatpak package is installed

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:43 PM

changing "/usr/bin/flatpak" to "/usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec" and adding flatpak as an option doesn't seem to change anything

Solution

not_leader•9/30/24, 10:47 PM

https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/issues/462

GitHub

Run flatpaks inside distrobox · Issue #462 · 89luca89/distrobox

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:47 PM

okay so uhhhh

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:48 PM

yeah flatpak isn't an option here lol

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:48 PM

i can either do container prism or host steam

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:51 PM

host steam seems like the more reasonable option here

not_leaderOP•9/30/24, 10:53 PM

(it's not solved but instead unsolvable)

flatpak prism launcher not appearing in host gamescope session with steam in distrobox

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