fix(host/kwin): authorize Desktop-mode streaming via a shipped .desktop

Streaming the KDE *Desktop* (KWin) session failed on a real interactive
Plasma session with "KWin does not expose zkde_screencast_unstable_v1":
KWin treats the screencast/virtual-output and fake_input globals as
restricted and advertises them only to a client whose installed .desktop
lists them under X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces (matched by /proc/<pid>/exe ->
Exec, and cached per-executable on first connect). The host shipped no
.desktop, so it was permanently denied; it only ever worked on the
headless dev box via KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1.

Ship packaging/linux/io.unom.Punktfunk.Host.desktop (least-privilege:
only the host, only zkde_screencast_unstable_v1 + org_kde_kwin_fake_input)
and install it from the RPM/.deb/Arch host packaging so it is present
before the host first connects. Drop the blunt session-wide
NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS hack from kde-desktop-setup.sh (it now only seeds the
RemoteDesktop input grant) and fix the now-misleading kwin.rs docs/errors.

Validated live on a Bazzite Kinoite box (KWin 6.6.4): probe-compositor +
spike --source kwin-virtual succeed against a KWin running WITHOUT the
permission bypass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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parent 3477cbe7ce
commit 8e18d01af5
6 changed files with 83 additions and 31 deletions
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# One-shot setup so the punktfunk host can stream the Bazzite KDE *Desktop* session (KWin virtual
# output at the client's resolution). Run ONCE as the streaming user (no root needed). Gaming Mode
# (gamescope) needs none of this — it auto-attaches. Idempotent: safe to re-run.
# One-shot setup so the punktfunk host can INJECT INPUT while streaming the Bazzite KDE *Desktop*
# session. Run ONCE as the streaming user (no root needed). Gaming Mode (gamescope) needs none of
# this — it auto-attaches. Idempotent: safe to re-run.
#
# bash /usr/share/punktfunk/bazzite/kde-desktop-setup.sh
#
# Two things a normal KDE login lacks that the headless host needs:
# 1. KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1 — so KWin exposes the privileged `zkde_screencast`
# virtual-output protocol to the host (an external client) at all.
# 2. The `kde-authorized` RemoteDesktop grant — so libei input setup auto-approves instead of
# popping an "Allow remote control?" dialog the headless host can't answer.
# After running, log out + back into the KDE Desktop session once (or reboot) so KWin restarts
# with the flag. Gaming Mode is unaffected.
# The VIRTUAL OUTPUT (video) needs no setup: the host package ships io.unom.Punktfunk.Host.desktop,
# whose X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces grants the host KWin's restricted zkde_screencast protocol on a
# normal interactive Plasma session — least-privilege (only the host, only that interface), the same
# mechanism krfb/krdp use. No session-wide KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS hack is needed. KWin
# caches the grant per-executable on first connect, so after a FRESH host install log out + back into
# the Desktop session once so KWin re-reads the file.
#
# The one thing a normal KDE login still lacks is the `kde-authorized` RemoteDesktop grant — so the
# host's libei input setup auto-approves instead of popping an "Allow remote control?" dialog the
# headless host can't answer. That's what this script seeds.
set -euo pipefail
GRANT_SRC="${PUNKTFUNK_GRANT_SRC:-/usr/share/punktfunk/headless/kde-authorized}"
ENVD="$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-punktfunk-kwin.conf"
GRANT_DST="$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/db/kde-authorized"
# Older versions of this script wrote a session-wide KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1 env file to
# unlock screencast. The shipped .desktop replaces it; remove the stale, over-broad override.
STALE_ENVD="$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-punktfunk-kwin.conf"
echo "punktfunk: KDE Desktop-mode setup"
echo "punktfunk: KDE Desktop-mode input setup"
# 1. KWin permission-check bypass (persistent, picked up by the next KDE session via systemd).
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$ENVD")"
cat > "$ENVD" <<'EOF'
# punktfunk: let the streaming host bind KWin's privileged zkde_screencast (virtual output).
# A dedicated streaming box; this relaxes KWin's Wayland permission checks for the desktop path.
KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1
EOF
echo " wrote $ENVD"
if [[ -f "$STALE_ENVD" ]] && grep -q KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS "$STALE_ENVD" 2>/dev/null; then
rm -f "$STALE_ENVD"
echo " removed stale $STALE_ENVD (screencast is now granted via the shipped .desktop)"
fi
# 2. RemoteDesktop portal grant for headless libei input (never clobber an existing one).
# RemoteDesktop portal grant for headless libei input (never clobber an existing one).
if [[ -s "$GRANT_DST" ]]; then
echo " grant DB already present ($GRANT_DST) — leaving it"
elif [[ -s "$GRANT_SRC" ]]; then
@@ -44,5 +45,5 @@ else
echo " WARN: grant source not found at $GRANT_SRC — input will need a manual portal approval" >&2
fi
echo "punktfunk: done. Log out + back into the KDE Desktop session (or reboot) so KWin restarts"
echo " with the flag, then connect a client while in Desktop Mode."
echo "punktfunk: done. On a fresh host install, log out + back into the KDE Desktop session once"
echo " (so KWin authorizes the host's virtual output), then connect a client in Desktop Mode."