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First connect whatever display you want to use Moonlight on. I'll be using a 65" Roku TV. I connected it to my laptop running Fedora and after my system detected it I use
for p in /sys/class/drm/*/status; do con=${p%/status}; echo -n "${con#*/card?-}: "; cat $p; doneto find which directory has the EDID file for me it'sHDMI-A-1 -
Copy that edid file to your home directory
cp /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid ~/. Now get that edid file over to your Bazzite (streaming machine). I used LocalSend to transfer it. -
Create a directory to store this new edid file
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmwarethen place the file in theresudo mv ./edid.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/ -
Add this new edid to your kernel args
sudo rpm-ostree kargs --append-if-missing="firmware_class.path=/usr/local/lib/firmware drm.edid_firmware=HDMI-A-1:edid.bin video=HDMI-A-1:e" -
Reboot
systemctl reboot. After you log back into Bazzite open up your Display Configuration window (right-click on desktop) and notice you have an additional display set your virtual display to Mirror/Replica your primary. -
Configure Sunshine so we force all our games to use the virtual display instead of our primary when using Moonlight. Open a terminal and run
kscreen-doctor -o | grep Output:look for your virtual screen id. In my case it'sHDMI-A-1. -
Right-click Sunshine icon in your tray and select "Open Sunshine" go to Configuration page. Once there click on the General tab and click + Add to put a "Do" and a "Undo Command".
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For your "Do" command you want to disable your primary display(s) and only enable your virtual display (this will force games to launch on the correct screen with correct resolution). In your "Undo" command you want to do the opposite (i.e. disable your Virtual Display and enable your primary display(s)). Below are my Do and Undo commands:
Do:
/usr/bin/kscreen-doctor output.DP-2.disable && /usr/bin/kscreen-doctor output.HDMI-A-1.enable
Undo (make sure you re-enable your Virtual Display as well):
/usr/bin/kscreen-doctor output.DP-2.enable
- Test on Moonlight to verify everything works as expected.
(citation: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/199ylqz/streaming_with_sunshine_from_virtual_screens/)
Thanks for sharing, it works for me running bazzite (KDE). Kind of new to linux gaming. I mostly use gamemode for streaming, the virtual display works great in gamemode and offers multiple customized resolutions suitable for my streaming devices. However, when I try to return to desktop mode while using the virtual display, it stucks forever on a black screen with a dash sign. And when I reboot the device to recover the system from black screen to gamemode, I always get kicked out of my steam account and have to sign in again. Only can I get back to desktop mode if I return while using the physical monitor. Any ideas what might be the problem?