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fix(steamdeck/install): prompt for sudo instead of requiring passwordless

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The system-tuning block (UDP buffers, gamepad udev rule, vhci-hcd autoload,
input group) was gated on `sudo -n true` — passwordless sudo — so on a stock
SteamOS box (the deck account needs a password) the whole block was silently
skipped: /dev/uhid stayed root-only so the gamepad degraded to an Xbox 360 pad,
and the UDP buffers stayed at the 416 KB default. Video was unaffected because
Game Mode/gamescope needs none of it, which masked the skip on-glass.

- install.sh + update.sh: acquire sudo interactively (`sudo -v` prompt on a TTY)
  instead of requiring passwordless; skip only when there's no TTY or auth fails,
  and then print the exact manual block plus a `passwd` hint — a stock SteamOS
  'deck' account has no password, so sudo can't work until one is set.
- update.sh: also retrofit the UDP-buffer sysctl for older/skipped installs, and
  loudly nag to reboot when the input group was just added (a --user restart does
  not pick up the new group; only a fresh login does).
- steamos-host.md: note this step prompts for the sudo password.

Root is unavoidable: the udev rule, input group, and vhci-hcd module are all
kernel operations with no user-space alternative.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ It is idempotent — safe to re-run. In one pass it:
3. writes config to `~/.config/punktfunk/` (a generated web-console login password),
4. raises the UDP socket buffers to 32 MB, installs the gamepad udev rule + the `vhci-hcd` autoload
and adds you to the `input` group (virtual gamepads / **native Steam Deck controller passthrough**),
and seeds the KDE RemoteDesktop grant for Desktop-mode input (needs `sudo`; skipped with a warning
if unavailable),
and seeds the KDE RemoteDesktop grant for Desktop-mode input — this step **prompts for your `sudo`
password** (a stock Steam Deck requires one; without it gamepad passthrough and the UDP tuning are skipped),
5. installs + starts the `punktfunk-host` and `punktfunk-web` **systemd user services** (with linger,
so they run without a login session).