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Bazzite•5mo ago•
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Moonlight from flatpak stalls at Starting Desktop but AppImage works

I've been trying to connect from one Bazzite PC to another Bazzite PC using Moonlight/Sunshine.

I installed Moonlight through Bazzar. In Moonlight, I can see the other PC, pair correctly and do a network test. When I try and connect it just hangs at Starting Desktop and Moonlight is Not Responding.

I downloaded the Moonlight AppImage package from GitHub and when I connect it all works correctly, I can connect to the Bazzite PC running Sunshine. With the AppImage I needed to establish another Pin code.

For the flatpak install, if I open a terminal and do the following:
sudo -i
flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=moonlight com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight 
sudo -i
flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=moonlight com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight 

I can then pair with the Sunshine PC and then can remote control the other PC no problems.

All I can ascertain here is that there is some permission issue running the flatpak install. I'm not sure where to take it from here. I could not find an answer here when searching for Starting Desktop, so hopefully this is of a help to others.
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