The fourth VirtualDisplay backend: `swaymsg create_output` adds a HEADLESS-N
output (name found by diffing get_outputs), `output <NAME> mode --custom
WxH@HzHz` sets the client's exact mode (and the refresh clock a fresh headless
output needs to produce frames at all), and the PipeWire node comes from the
ScreenCast portal. Headless output selection is non-interactive via
xdg-desktop-portal-wlr's chooser hook: a managed config (chooser_type=simple,
chooser_cmd cats /tmp/punktfunk-xdpw-output; portal try-restarted when the
config changes) plus a per-session `Monitor: <NAME>` written to that file.
Teardown is RAII: drop ends the portal thread (zbus connection drop ends the
cast) then `swaymsg output <NAME> unplug`. swaymsg commands go after `--` so
tokens like `--custom` reach sway instead of swaymsg's getopt.
Validated live on headless sway 1.11 (gles2-on-NVIDIA, xdpw 0.8.1), zero-copy
dmabuf→CUDA on both runs: 720p60 257 frames p50 0.77 ms, 1080p60 480/480
frames p50 1.18 ms, output unplugged with the session both times. The
checked-in xdpw.config sample now matches the managed config (the old
chooser_type=none/HEADLESS-1 form would pin capture to the wrong output).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Prepares the move to the NVIDIA-GPU Ubuntu VM where M0/M2 run (macOS can't drive the
Wayland/GPU stack). The repo carries the context, since Claude Code sessions are
machine-local and don't transfer.
- CLAUDE.md: project state + design invariants + don't-regress security notes. Auto-loads
every session, so a fresh session on the VM continues from here.
- scripts/bootstrap-ubuntu.sh: verifies the (already-installed) NVIDIA/NVENC stack,
installs rustup + PipeWire/portal/wlroots/Sway + DRM/EGL/GBM/VA dev deps; GATES the
FFmpeg -dev headers so apt can't clobber a custom NVENC build; checks nvidia-drm.modeset.
- scripts/headless/: headless-Sway + xdg-desktop-portal-wlr config templates, the
NVIDIA-wlroots env workarounds, run-headless-sway.sh, and a wf-recorder->hevc_nvenc
capture smoke test (proves capture->NVENC with no Rust).
- docs/linux-setup.md: M0 walkthrough + verified gotchas (modeset, headless backend,
vGPU NVENC licensing, dmabuf->NVENC CPU-copy fallback, FFmpeg-dev gate, crate versions).
Ubuntu 24.04 package names/versions verified against the live archive; scripts pass
shellcheck and `bash -n`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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