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enricobuehlerandClaude Opus 5 93c2765db7 feat(vdisplay): mirror a pinned physical monitor on KWin
P2 of design/per-monitor-portal-capture.md. zkde_screencast's
stream_output records an output KWin already has — the connector name IS
the selection, so there is no dialog, no portal and no chooser for a
background service to answer.

It arrives as a VirtualDisplay reporting DisplayOwnership::External, which
already means "someone else's display, merely mirrored: no keep-alive, no
topology, no reuse". So the rule that we must never disable, move or
"restore" a monitor the user is sitting in front of holds by construction
rather than by everyone remembering it — and create() ignores the client's
requested mode for the same reason: a panel runs at the mode its owner set.

Routing lives in vdisplay::open, the one place every session opens a
display, so the pin cannot be honored on one plane and ignored on another.
The host sets the libei anchor from the same pin (pf-vdisplay must not
depend on pf-inject), which is what makes absolute input land on the
mirrored head instead of a same-sized neighbour.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-27 23:51:41 +02:00

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//! KWin virtual-output backend via the privileged `zkde_screencast_unstable_v1` Wayland
//! protocol (the mechanism KRdp / krfb-virtualmonitor use).
//!
//! `stream_virtual_output(name, width, height, scale, pointer)` asks KWin to create a new output
//! sized to exactly `width`x`height`, rendered natively (no scaling), and hands back a PipeWire
//! node for it. The node lives on the user's default PipeWire daemon, so [`VirtualOutput::remote_fd`]
//! is `None` and capture connects to that daemon directly.
//!
//! Requirements: KWin must expose the privileged `zkde_screencast` global. It is a *restricted*
//! protocol — KWin advertises it only to a client whose installed `.desktop` lists it under
//! `X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces` (KWin maps the connecting client to a `.desktop` by resolving
//! `/proc/<pid>/exe` against `Exec=`, then caches the grant per-executable for the session's life).
//! So an interactive Plasma session does NOT hand it to a bare client — the host packages ship
//! `io.unom.Punktfunk.Host.desktop` (`Exec=/usr/bin/punktfunk-host`,
//! `X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces=zkde_screencast_unstable_v1,…`) so it is present before the host first
//! connects. The headless test path instead exposes it to bare clients via
//! `KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1`. The compositor backend must implement
//! `createVirtualOutput`: the **DRM backend** (any version) or the **VirtualBackend since KWin
//! 6.5.6** (`kwin_wayland --virtual`); on `--virtual` < 6.5.6 the request fails with
//! "Could not find output". We talk raw Wayland on `$WAYLAND_DISPLAY`, so the host must run inside
//! the KWin session's environment.
#![allow(clippy::all, dead_code, non_camel_case_types, non_snake_case, unused)]
// Every `unsafe` block in this file carries a `// SAFETY:` proof; enforce it (unsafe-proof program).
#![deny(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
use super::{Mode, VirtualDisplay, VirtualOutput};
use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
use std::os::fd::{AsFd, AsRawFd};
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;
use wayland_client::protocol::wl_output::{self, WlOutput};
use wayland_client::protocol::wl_registry::{self, WlRegistry};
use wayland_client::{Connection, Dispatch, Proxy, QueueHandle};
// Generate the client bindings for the vendored protocol XML inline (no build.rs). Path is
// relative to CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR. See wayland-rs' "implementing a custom protocol" docs.
#[allow(clippy::all, dead_code, non_camel_case_types, non_snake_case, unused)]
pub mod zkde {
use wayland_client;
use wayland_client::protocol::*;
pub mod __interfaces {
use wayland_client::protocol::__interfaces::*;
wayland_scanner::generate_interfaces!("protocols/zkde-screencast-unstable-v1.xml");
}
use self::__interfaces::*;
wayland_scanner::generate_client_code!("protocols/zkde-screencast-unstable-v1.xml");
}
use zkde::zkde_screencast_stream_unstable_v1::{
Event as StreamEvent, ZkdeScreencastStreamUnstableV1 as ScreencastStream,
};
use zkde::zkde_screencast_unstable_v1::ZkdeScreencastUnstableV1 as Screencast;
/// `pointer` attachment modes (the protocol enum), chosen per session by `set_hw_cursor`
/// (Phase B — the Windows no-regression gate mirrored): a CURSOR-CHANNEL session gets METADATA
/// (`SPA_META_Cursor` on the stream — shapes forwarded to the client, the composite flip blends
/// host-side; embedded would leave both with nothing, the round-1 mutter trap), every other
/// session gets EMBEDDED — KWin composites the pointer into frames itself, zero host-side
/// cursor work, the pre-channel path Moonlight/legacy clients always had.
const POINTER_METADATA: u32 = 4;
const POINTER_EMBEDDED: u32 = 2;
/// The name we give the created output; KWin exposes it to output-management as `Virtual-<name>`.
const VOUT_NAME: &str = "punktfunk";
/// Highest interface version we drive. KWin currently advertises 5; we rely on the `created`
/// event (deprecated only since v6) for the node id, so cap the bind at 5.
const MAX_VERSION: u32 = 5;
/// The KWin virtual-display driver. Carries the connecting client's cert fingerprint (set before
/// [`create`](VirtualDisplay::create)) so a paired client gets a STABLE per-slot output NAME
/// (`Virtual-punktfunk-<id>`) — KWin persists per-output config (scale/mode) keyed by name in
/// `kwinoutputconfig.json`, so a stable name makes KDE reapply that client's scaling on reconnect
/// (Stage 3). Each `create` spins up its own Wayland connection/thread that owns the output.
#[derive(Default)]
pub struct KwinDisplay {
client_fp: Option<[u8; 32]>,
/// The identity slot the last [`create`](VirtualDisplay::create) resolved (the per-client id, or
/// `None` for shared/anonymous) — reported to the registry via [`last_identity_slot`] so it can key
/// the group arrangement + `/display/state` slot to the same id this backend named the output with.
last_slot: Option<u32>,
/// The RESOLVED kscreen address of the last `create`'s output — the numeric kscreen output id
/// when [`resolve_kscreen_addr`] found it, else the `Virtual-<name>` fallback — so
/// [`apply_position`](VirtualDisplay::apply_position) addresses OUR output even while a
/// superseded same-name sibling is still alive.
last_name: Option<String>,
/// The RESOLVED `kde_output_device_v2` UUID of the last `create`'s output, when the in-process
/// output-management path handled the topology. A stable per-output id (unlike the shared name),
/// so [`apply_position`](VirtualDisplay::apply_position) and restore address exactly OUR output
/// across a supersede — preferred over `last_name`, which is only the kscreen-doctor fallback.
our_uuid: Option<String>,
/// The topology-restore action the last `create` prepared (re-enable the outputs an `exclusive`
/// topology disabled), pending pickup by the registry via [`take_topology_restore`] — so the
/// physical is re-enabled only when the display GROUP's last member drops (§6.1), not this session's.
/// A backstop [`Drop`] runs it if the registry never took it (so a physical is never left dark).
pending_restore: Option<Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send>>,
/// Out-of-band cursor request (`set_hw_cursor`, i.e. the session negotiated the cursor
/// channel): METADATA pointer mode at creation; off = EMBEDDED (see the consts above).
hw_cursor: bool,
}
impl Drop for KwinDisplay {
fn drop(&mut self) {
// Backstop only: the registry takes the restore right after `create` (moving it into the group),
// so this is normally `None`. If some path skipped the take, re-enable here so a physical is
// never stranded dark.
if let Some(restore) = self.pending_restore.take() {
restore();
}
}
}
impl KwinDisplay {
pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
Ok(KwinDisplay::default())
}
/// Apply the effective display topology for the just-created output `our_prefix` (current size
/// `dims`), preferring the in-process `kde_output_management_v2` path and falling back to
/// `kscreen-doctor` if the compositor doesn't answer in budget or the management global is
/// absent. Records the output's UUID (in-process) or kscreen address (fallback) for
/// [`apply_position`](VirtualDisplay::apply_position), and returns the disabled outputs (each
/// `(name, "WxH@Hz")`) for the group teardown restore. `Extend`/`Auto` disable nothing.
fn apply_topology(
&mut self,
name: &str,
our_prefix: &str,
dims: (u32, u32),
) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
use crate::kwin_output_mgmt::TopologyKind;
use crate::policy::Topology;
let topology = crate::effective_topology();
let kind = match topology {
Topology::Exclusive => TopologyKind::Exclusive,
Topology::Primary => TopologyKind::Primary,
Topology::Extend | Topology::Auto => return Vec::new(),
};
// In-process over Wayland — immune to whatever wedges the standalone kscreen-doctor.
let outcome = crate::kwin_output_mgmt::apply_topology(our_prefix, dims.0, dims.1, kind);
if outcome.handled {
self.our_uuid = outcome.our_uuid;
return outcome.disabled;
}
// Fallback: kscreen-doctor — resolve our address the old way, then shell out the topology.
tracing::info!(
"KWin topology: kde_output_management unavailable — kscreen-doctor fallback"
);
let addr = resolve_kscreen_addr(name, dims.0, dims.1);
self.last_name = Some(addr.clone());
match topology {
Topology::Exclusive => apply_virtual_primary(&addr),
Topology::Primary => {
apply_virtual_primary_only(&addr);
Vec::new()
}
Topology::Extend | Topology::Auto => Vec::new(),
}
}
}
impl VirtualDisplay for KwinDisplay {
fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
"kwin"
}
fn set_client_identity(&mut self, fingerprint: Option<[u8; 32]>) {
self.client_fp = fingerprint;
}
fn last_identity_slot(&self) -> Option<u32> {
self.last_slot
}
fn take_topology_restore(&mut self) -> Option<Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send>> {
self.pending_restore.take()
}
fn set_hw_cursor(&mut self, on: bool) {
self.hw_cursor = on;
}
fn hw_cursor(&self) -> bool {
self.hw_cursor
}
fn apply_position(&mut self, x: i32, y: i32) {
// Prefer the in-process path: address OUR output by its stable UUID (supersede-robust) over
// kde_output_management_v2 — immune to a wedged kscreen-doctor backend (see kwin_output_mgmt).
if let Some(uuid) = self.our_uuid.clone() {
if crate::kwin_output_mgmt::set_position(&uuid, x, y) {
return;
}
}
// Fallback: kscreen-doctor. `last_name` holds the RESOLVED kscreen address (numeric output id,
// or the `Virtual-<name>` fallback) — never re-derive from the name: during a supersede two
// outputs share it and the command would hit the old one (see `create`).
let Some(output) = self.last_name.clone() else {
return;
};
// kscreen-doctor position syntax: `output.<name-or-id>.position.<x>,<y>`.
let ok = kscreen_ok(&[format!("output.{output}.position.{x},{y}")]);
if ok {
tracing::info!(output, x, y, "KWin: placed output in the desktop layout");
} else {
tracing::warn!(output, x, y, "KWin: output position apply failed");
}
}
fn create(&mut self, mode: Mode) -> Result<VirtualOutput> {
// Per-slot output name (Stage 3): the `identity` policy resolves the client to a stable id →
// `punktfunk-<id>` (KWin exposes `Virtual-punktfunk-<id>`, whose per-output config KWin
// persists by name). Shared / anonymous → the base `punktfunk` (today's single name). Linux
// defaults to Shared when unconfigured, so this is a no-op change until a policy opts in — AND
// it fixes the latent clash where two concurrent sessions both used `Virtual-punktfunk`.
let slot = crate::identity::resolve_slot(
self.client_fp,
(mode.width, mode.height),
crate::policy::Identity::Shared,
);
self.last_slot = slot; // reported to the registry for the group arrangement + state slot
let name = match slot {
Some(id) => format!("{VOUT_NAME}-{id}"),
None => VOUT_NAME.to_string(),
};
self.last_name = Some(name.clone()); // for apply_position (registry-driven §6.2 layout)
let (width, height) = (mode.width, mode.height);
let pointer_mode = if self.hw_cursor {
POINTER_METADATA
} else {
POINTER_EMBEDDED
};
let spawn_vout = |w: u32, h: u32| -> Result<(u32, Arc<AtomicBool>)> {
let (setup_tx, setup_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<Result<u32, String>>();
let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
let stop_thread = stop.clone();
let name_thread = name.clone();
thread::Builder::new()
.name("punktfunk-kwin-vout".into())
.spawn(move || {
virtual_output_thread(w, h, name_thread, pointer_mode, setup_tx, stop_thread)
})
.context("spawn KWin virtual-output thread")?;
match setup_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(20)) {
Ok(Ok(v)) => Ok((v, stop)),
Ok(Err(e)) => bail!("KWin virtual output failed: {e}"),
Err(_) => bail!("timed out creating the KWin virtual output"),
}
};
// KWin creates virtual outputs at a hardcoded 60 Hz, `stream_virtual_output` has no
// refresh argument — and its screencast stream builds its PipeWire format offer, INCLUDING
// the `maxFramerate` cap it actively throttles delivery to, ONCE at stream creation
// (screencaststream.cpp `buildFormats`, verified against the live offer with `pw-dump`:
// the offer stays `max=60` after a kscreen mode change, and consumers connecting later
// still negotiate against it). The ONLY path that rebuilds the offer is the stream's own
// resize handling: when the source's texture size changes while recording, KWin re-runs
// `buildFormats` — picking up the output's CURRENT refresh — and renegotiates the live
// stream via `pw_stream_update_params`. So above 60 Hz the output is born at a
// SACRIFICIAL height: installing + selecting the real high-refresh custom mode (supported
// on virtual outputs since KWin 6.6) then changes the SIZE, and the first buffers recorded
// after the consumer connects trigger KWin's resize → a renegotiation to that mode. The
// capturer holds frames until that lands (`expect_exact_dims`), so the pipeline never
// builds against the birth mode. The install/select runs in-process over
// kde_output_management_v2 (`kwin_output_mgmt::set_custom_mode`), with kscreen-doctor
// (`set_custom_refresh`) as the fallback; either reads back what KWin *actually* gave — both
// the rate (so the encoder paces to the real source) and the size, which KWin's CVT
// generator may have aligned down (see `CVT_H_GRANULARITY`). At ≤60 Hz there's nothing to
// install — the output is born at the real size and 60 Hz is the offer anyway.
let want_high = mode.refresh_hz > 60;
let birth_h = if want_high { height + 16 } else { height };
let (mut node_id, mut stop) = spawn_vout(width, birth_h)?;
tracing::info!(
node_id,
width,
height,
birth_h,
embedded_pointer = !self.hw_cursor,
"KWin virtual output ready"
);
// Topology + positioning address OUR output by its kde_output_management UUID (resolved
// in-process in `apply_topology`, supersede-robust) — no early kscreen-doctor resolve, so
// the path never shells out. `Virtual-<name>` is the name KWin exposes our output as.
let our_prefix = format!("Virtual-{name}");
let mut expect_exact_dims = false;
// The size the output actually ENDS UP at — the request, unless KWin's CVT generator had to
// shrink the width to the cell grain (see `CVT_H_GRANULARITY`). Reported as the output's
// `preferred_mode`, which is what the capturer's renegotiation gate waits for and what the
// encoder opens against, so a CVT-aligned mode flows end-to-end instead of starving.
let mut final_dims = (width, height);
let achieved_hz = if want_high {
// >60 Hz needs the real high-refresh custom mode installed + selected (sacrificial-birth,
// see above). In-process over kde_output_management_v2 first (no kscreen-doctor); fall
// back to the kscreen-doctor shell-out on pre-6.6 KWin (no `set_custom_modes`) or if the
// compositor doesn't answer in budget.
let active = crate::kwin_output_mgmt::set_custom_mode(
&our_prefix,
width,
birth_h,
width,
height,
mode.refresh_hz,
)
.or_else(|| {
// ⚠️ ADDRESS BY NUMERIC KSCREEN ID, NEVER BY NAME: a supersede reuses the per-slot
// name while the superseded sibling is still alive, so a name-addressed kscreen
// command hits the OLD output. Resolve our kscreen id for the shell-out install +
// keep it as apply_position's kscreen fallback.
let addr = resolve_kscreen_addr(&name, width, birth_h);
self.last_name = Some(addr.clone());
set_custom_refresh(width, height, mode.refresh_hz, &addr)
});
// Accept only an active mode that IS our custom one: the exact requested height, and a
// width at or just below the request (a CVT alignment). That also proves the output
// left the sacrificial birth size, so the recording stream will renegotiate to it.
match active {
Some((aw, ah, ahz))
if ah == height && aw <= width && width - aw < CVT_H_GRANULARITY =>
{
expect_exact_dims = true;
final_dims = (aw, ah);
ahz
}
other => {
// Custom-mode install/select rejected (pre-6.6 KWin / stale kscreen-doctor): the
// output is STUCK at the sacrificial birth size — unusable. Recreate plain at the
// real size (the pre-sacrifice behavior: correct size, KWin's native 60 Hz).
tracing::warn!(
active = ?other,
requested_w = width,
requested_h = height,
requested_hz = mode.refresh_hz,
"KWin rejected the custom mode — recreating the virtual output at the real \
size (60 Hz ceiling on this KWin)"
);
stop.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
// Let KWin retire the doomed output before re-using its name.
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(300));
let (nid, st) = spawn_vout(width, height)?;
node_id = nid;
stop = st;
tracing::info!(
node_id,
width,
height,
"KWin virtual output ready (fallback)"
);
60
}
}
} else {
mode.refresh_hz
};
// Display-management topology (Stage 2): `Extend` leaves the streamed output an extension;
// `Primary` makes it the primary output but keeps the bootstrap/physical outputs enabled;
// `Exclusive` makes it the SOLE desktop (others disabled, restored on teardown) — so
// plasmashell + windows land on the streamed surface, not the headless `kwin --virtual`
// bootstrap output. Applied over kde_output_management_v2 in-process (immune to a wedged
// kscreen-doctor backend; see `apply_topology`), with a kscreen-doctor fallback. `disabled`
// is the physical/bootstrap outputs, each `(name, "WxH@Hz")`, to restore on teardown.
let disabled = self.apply_topology(&name, &our_prefix, final_dims);
// A plain managed name is enough for apply_position's kscreen-doctor fallback when the
// in-process UUID path isn't set (single-output sessions are unambiguous; a supersede uses
// the UUID path instead). `want_high` already set `last_name` to the resolved kscreen id.
if self.last_name.is_none() {
self.last_name = Some(our_prefix);
}
// Per-group restore (§6.1): DON'T bind the re-enable to this session's keepalive (a per-session
// `StopGuard` restore would re-enable the physical the moment the FIRST of several exclusive
// sessions drops — under a still-live sibling). Instead stash it as a closure the registry lifts
// into the display group and runs once, when the group's LAST member is torn down (ordered before
// that display's output is reclaimed, so KWin never sees zero outputs). Empty ⇒ nothing to restore.
self.pending_restore = (!disabled.is_empty()).then(|| {
let disabled = disabled.clone();
// In-process first; fall back to kscreen-doctor if the compositor doesn't answer in budget.
Box::new(move || {
if !crate::kwin_output_mgmt::reenable_outputs(&disabled) {
reenable_outputs_kscreen(&disabled);
}
}) as Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send>
});
// Layout position (§6.2) is applied by the registry via `apply_position` right after create
// (it owns the display group, so it computes auto-row / manual placement over the whole group).
let mut out = VirtualOutput::owned(
node_id,
Some((final_dims.0, final_dims.1, achieved_hz)),
Box::new(StopGuard { stop }),
);
out.expect_exact_dims = expect_exact_dims;
Ok(out)
}
}
/// Re-enable the outputs an `exclusive` topology disabled (bootstrap / physical) via `kscreen-doctor`
/// — the fallback for the in-process [`crate::kwin_output_mgmt::reenable_outputs`], run by the restore
/// closure only when the in-process path reports the compositor didn't answer. Called by the registry
/// when the display group's last member is torn down (design §6.1), BEFORE that member's output is
/// reclaimed — so KWin is never momentarily left with zero enabled outputs.
fn reenable_outputs_kscreen(outputs: &[(String, String)]) {
if outputs.is_empty() {
return;
}
// Enable FIRST, as a standalone apply — a bare `output.X.enable` always succeeds, so a physical
// can never be left DARK. (Batching a possibly-stale `mode` arg into the same invocation risks
// kscreen-doctor rejecting the whole config and leaving the output disabled.)
let enable_args: Vec<String> = outputs
.iter()
.map(|(name, _)| format!("output.{name}.enable"))
.collect();
let _ = kscreen_ok(&enable_args);
// THEN re-assert each captured mode, best-effort — a bare re-enable lets KWin fall back to the
// EDID-preferred mode (a 120 Hz panel returns at ~60 Hz); this restores the exact refresh. The
// output is enabled now, so the mode set is valid; a rejected mode just leaves KWin's default.
let mode_args: Vec<String> = outputs
.iter()
.filter(|(_, mode)| !mode.is_empty())
.map(|(name, mode)| format!("output.{name}.mode.{mode}"))
.collect();
if !mode_args.is_empty() {
let _ = kscreen_ok(&mode_args);
}
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
tracing::info!(reenabled = ?outputs, "KWin: restored the physical/bootstrap outputs at their captured modes (group empty)");
}
/// Resolve the kscreen address of the virtual output the host JUST created: the managed-prefix
/// name alone is ambiguous during a supersede (the replacement deliberately reuses the per-slot
/// name while the superseded sibling is still alive), so match on the birth mode's size too —
/// only the just-created output sits at the sacrificial `(w, h)` — and prefer the HIGHEST output
/// id (the newest) if several match. Returns the numeric id as a string (kscreen-doctor accepts
/// `output.<id>.…`), falling back to the ambiguous `Virtual-<name>` if the output hasn't reached
/// kscreen's model yet after a few tries (single-output sessions are unambiguous anyway).
fn resolve_kscreen_addr(name: &str, w: u32, h: u32) -> String {
let fallback = format!("Virtual-{name}");
for attempt in 0..3 {
if attempt > 0 {
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(150));
}
let Some(doc) = kscreen_json() else { continue };
let Some(outputs) = doc.get("outputs").and_then(|o| o.as_array()) else {
continue;
};
let best = outputs
.iter()
.filter(|o| {
o.get("name")
.and_then(|n| n.as_str())
.is_some_and(|n| n.starts_with(&fallback))
&& output_active_size(o) == Some((w, h))
})
.filter_map(|o| o.get("id").and_then(|i| i.as_u64()))
.max();
if let Some(id) = best {
tracing::info!(id, name, w, h, "KWin: resolved the new output's kscreen id");
return id.to_string();
}
}
tracing::warn!(
name,
w,
h,
"KWin: could not resolve the new output's kscreen id — falling back to name addressing \
(ambiguous during a mode-switch supersede)"
);
fallback
}
/// Budget for one `kscreen-doctor` call.
///
/// It is a Wayland client of the very compositor it configures, so against a wedged KWin it blocks
/// in its own connect and never returns — and these calls run on the session's stream thread, whose
/// only way to end a session is to return. Generous next to a healthy call (tens of ms).
const KSCREEN_BUDGET: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
/// `kscreen-doctor <args>` run for its exit status, bounded by [`KSCREEN_BUDGET`]. A timeout reads
/// as a failed apply — the same best-effort path a rejected argument already takes.
fn kscreen_ok(args: &[String]) -> bool {
crate::proc::status_within(
std::process::Command::new("kscreen-doctor").args(args),
KSCREEN_BUDGET,
)
.map(|s| s.success())
.unwrap_or(false)
}
/// `kscreen-doctor -j` stdout, bounded by [`KSCREEN_BUDGET`]; `None` on any failure.
fn kscreen_json_bytes() -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
crate::proc::output_within(
std::process::Command::new("kscreen-doctor").arg("-j"),
KSCREEN_BUDGET,
)
.ok()
.map(|o| o.stdout)
}
/// `kscreen-doctor -j` parsed, `None` on any failure.
fn kscreen_json() -> Option<serde_json::Value> {
serde_json::from_slice(&kscreen_json_bytes()?).ok()
}
/// The `(width, height)` of an output's CURRENT mode from its `kscreen-doctor -j` entry.
fn output_active_size(o: &serde_json::Value) -> Option<(u32, u32)> {
let as_id = |v: &serde_json::Value| -> Option<String> {
v.as_str()
.map(|s| s.to_string())
.or_else(|| v.as_u64().map(|n| n.to_string()))
};
let current = o.get("currentModeId").and_then(as_id)?;
let mode = o
.get("modes")?
.as_array()?
.iter()
.find(|m| m.get("id").and_then(as_id).as_deref() == Some(current.as_str()))?;
let size = mode.get("size")?;
Some((
size.get("width").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())? as u32,
size.get("height").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())? as u32,
))
}
/// CVT's horizontal cell granularity. KWin generates every custom mode's timing with **libxcvt**,
/// whose first step is `hdisplay_rnd = hdisplay - (hdisplay % 8)` — so a width that isn't a multiple
/// of 8 comes back NARROWER than asked, and the clock-step rounding that follows lands a fractional
/// refresh. A 2868x1320@120 request (an iPhone 16 Pro Max panel) becomes **2864x1320@119.92**.
///
/// That is why a custom mode must never be selected by the `WxH@Hz` string we *requested*:
/// kscreen-doctor's `findMode` matches a mode's id or its own `WxH@qRound(Hz)` name, so
/// `2868x1320@120` matches nothing, the select silently no-ops, the output stays on its sacrificial
/// birth mode, and the caller falls back to 60 Hz — while KDE's display list shows the perfectly
/// good 2864x1320@119.92 mode sitting there unselected. Widths like 1920/2560/3840 are all
/// multiples of 8, which is why only phone-shaped clients ever hit it.
const CVT_H_GRANULARITY: u32 = 8;
/// One row of an output's mode list, as parsed from `kscreen-doctor -j`.
#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
struct KModeRow {
/// kscreen's mode id — what we address the mode by (never the requested `WxH@Hz` string).
id: String,
w: u32,
h: u32,
hz: f64,
}
/// A kscreen JSON id, which is a string on some KWin versions and a number on others.
fn json_id(v: &serde_json::Value) -> Option<String> {
v.as_str()
.map(|s| s.to_string())
.or_else(|| v.as_u64().map(|n| n.to_string()))
}
/// The full mode list of `output` (a RESOLVED kscreen address — numeric id or name) from a parsed
/// `kscreen-doctor -j` document. Split from the process call so the picker can be tested on
/// captured JSON.
fn modes_from_json(doc: &serde_json::Value, output: &str) -> Vec<KModeRow> {
let Some(o) = doc
.get("outputs")
.and_then(|v| v.as_array())
.and_then(|outs| {
outs.iter().find(|o| {
o.get("name").and_then(|n| n.as_str()) == Some(output)
|| o.get("id").and_then(json_id).as_deref() == Some(output)
})
})
else {
return Vec::new();
};
o.get("modes")
.and_then(|m| m.as_array())
.map(|ms| {
ms.iter()
.filter_map(|m| {
let size = m.get("size")?;
Some(KModeRow {
id: m.get("id").and_then(json_id)?,
w: size.get("width").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())? as u32,
h: size.get("height").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())? as u32,
hz: m.get("refreshRate").and_then(|r| r.as_f64())?,
})
})
.collect()
})
.unwrap_or_default()
}
/// [`modes_from_json`] against a live `kscreen-doctor -j`.
fn output_modes(output: &str) -> Vec<KModeRow> {
kscreen_json()
.map(|doc| modes_from_json(&doc, output))
.unwrap_or_default()
}
/// The mode in `modes` that actually fulfils a `width`x`height`@`hz` request, tolerating the CVT
/// alignment KWin applies when it generates the timing (see [`CVT_H_GRANULARITY`]): the height must
/// match exactly (CVT never touches the vertical active), the width may be up to one cell narrower
/// than asked (never wider — that would be a different mode), and the refresh must land within 1 Hz
/// of the request (which excludes the output's native 60 Hz entry for every rate we install a custom
/// mode for). Widest wins, then fastest — so an exact-width mode always beats an aligned one, and a
/// list carrying duplicate custom modes from earlier sessions still resolves.
fn pick_custom_mode<'a>(
modes: &'a [KModeRow],
width: u32,
height: u32,
hz: u32,
) -> Option<&'a KModeRow> {
modes
.iter()
.filter(|m| {
m.h == height
&& m.w <= width
&& width - m.w < CVT_H_GRANULARITY
&& (m.hz - f64::from(hz)).abs() < 1.0
})
.max_by(|a, b| {
a.w.cmp(&b.w)
.then(a.hz.partial_cmp(&b.hz).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal))
})
}
/// Best-effort: install + select the `width`x`height`@`hz` custom mode on the just-created virtual
/// output via `kscreen-doctor` (`output` is the RESOLVED kscreen address — numeric id or name, see
/// [`resolve_kscreen_addr`] — refresh given in mHz), then **read back the active mode** and return
/// it as `(width, height, refresh_hz)`. `None` if the read-back failed entirely.
///
/// The apply command can report success yet leave the output on its old mode (rejected), and a
/// silent size/rate mismatch surfaces downstream as a starved capture gate or judder — so the
/// caller drives the pipeline off the *achieved* mode, not the requested one. The mode is selected
/// by kscreen **mode id** resolved from the output's own list, never by the requested `WxH@Hz`
/// string, because KWin's CVT generator may hand back a slightly different one
/// ([`CVT_H_GRANULARITY`]).
fn set_custom_refresh(width: u32, height: u32, hz: u32, output: &str) -> Option<(u32, u32, u32)> {
let output = output.to_string();
let mhz = hz.saturating_mul(1000);
let run = |arg: String| kscreen_ok(&[arg]);
// Install the mode only if the output doesn't already carry a usable one: kscreen-doctor
// APPENDS to the output's custom-mode list and KWin PERSISTS that list per output name
// (`kwinoutputconfig.json`, which is why the same per-slot name is reused across sessions) — so
// re-adding on every connect would grow the user's display list without bound.
let mut modes = output_modes(&output);
if pick_custom_mode(&modes, width, height, hz).is_none() {
let _ = run(format!(
"output.{output}.addCustomMode.{width}.{height}.{mhz}.full"
));
modes = output_modes(&output);
}
let applied = match pick_custom_mode(&modes, width, height, hz) {
Some(target) => {
if (target.w, target.h) != (width, height) {
tracing::info!(
output,
requested_w = width,
requested_h = height,
mode_w = target.w,
mode_h = target.h,
mode_hz = target.hz,
"KWin aligned the custom mode to the CVT cell grain — streaming at its size"
);
}
// By id first; the human `WxH@Hz` form (built from the mode's OWN size/refresh, not the
// request) is the fallback for builds whose ids don't round-trip through the CLI.
run(format!("output.{output}.mode.{}", target.id))
|| run(format!(
"output.{output}.mode.{}x{}@{}",
target.w,
target.h,
target.hz.round() as u32
))
}
None => {
tracing::warn!(
output,
requested_w = width,
requested_h = height,
requested_hz = hz,
offered = ?modes,
"KWin offers no mode matching the request after addCustomMode — is kscreen-doctor \
up to date, and KWin ≥ 6.6 (custom modes on virtual outputs)?"
);
false
}
};
match read_active_mode(&output) {
Some((w, h, achieved)) => {
if achieved >= hz && (w, h) == (width, height) {
tracing::info!(
output,
requested = hz,
achieved,
"KWin virtual output: custom refresh applied"
);
} else if achieved >= hz {
tracing::info!(
output,
requested = hz,
achieved,
active_w = w,
active_h = h,
"KWin virtual output: custom refresh applied at a CVT-aligned size"
);
} else {
tracing::warn!(
output,
requested = hz,
achieved,
active_w = w,
active_h = h,
applied,
"KWin virtual output mode below requested — pacing the encoder to the \
achieved rate (custom-mode install rejected? is kscreen-doctor up to date?)"
);
}
Some((w, h, achieved.max(1)))
}
None => {
tracing::warn!(
output,
requested = hz,
applied,
"could not read back KWin virtual output refresh — assuming 60 Hz (is \
kscreen-doctor installed?)"
);
None
}
}
}
/// Read the active mode (`(width, height, refresh_hz)`, Hz rounded) of `output` — a RESOLVED
/// kscreen address (numeric id or name, see [`resolve_kscreen_addr`]) — from `kscreen-doctor -j`.
/// `None` if the tool, the output, or its current mode can't be found. Mode/output ids come
/// through as either JSON strings or numbers depending on the KWin version, so both are accepted.
fn read_active_mode(output: &str) -> Option<(u32, u32, u32)> {
let doc = kscreen_json()?;
let as_id = |v: &serde_json::Value| -> Option<String> {
v.as_str()
.map(|s| s.to_string())
.or_else(|| v.as_u64().map(|n| n.to_string()))
};
let o = doc.get("outputs")?.as_array()?.iter().find(|o| {
o.get("name").and_then(|n| n.as_str()) == Some(output)
|| o.get("id").and_then(as_id).as_deref() == Some(output)
})?;
let current = o.get("currentModeId").and_then(as_id)?;
let mode = o
.get("modes")?
.as_array()?
.iter()
.find(|m| m.get("id").and_then(as_id).as_deref() == Some(current.as_str()))?;
let size = mode.get("size")?;
let w = size.get("width").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())? as u32;
let h = size.get("height").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())? as u32;
let hz = mode.get("refreshRate").and_then(|r| r.as_f64())?;
Some((w, h, hz.round() as u32))
}
/// The prefix EVERY managed KWin output shares — Stage 3 names them `punktfunk` / `punktfunk-<id>`,
/// which KWin exposes as `Virtual-punktfunk` / `Virtual-punktfunk-<id>`. Group membership (§6.1) is
/// recognised by this prefix, so we never have to thread the live set through the backend.
const MANAGED_PREFIX: &str = "Virtual-punktfunk";
/// The current mode of an output as a kscreen-doctor mode setter, from its `-j` entry — preferring
/// the human `WxH@Hz` form (survives a mode-id re-enumeration across disable→enable) and falling back
/// to the raw `currentModeId`. `None` if the current mode can't be resolved.
fn output_current_mode_spec(o: &serde_json::Value) -> Option<String> {
let as_id = |v: &serde_json::Value| -> Option<String> {
v.as_str()
.map(|s| s.to_string())
.or_else(|| v.as_u64().map(|n| n.to_string()))
};
let current = o.get("currentModeId").and_then(&as_id)?;
let mode = o
.get("modes")?
.as_array()?
.iter()
.find(|m| m.get("id").and_then(&as_id).as_deref() == Some(current.as_str()))?;
let human = (|| {
let size = mode.get("size")?;
let w = size.get("width").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())?;
let h = size.get("height").and_then(|v| v.as_u64())?;
let hz = mode.get("refreshRate").and_then(|r| r.as_f64())?.round() as u64;
Some(format!("{w}x{h}@{hz}"))
})();
Some(human.unwrap_or(current))
}
/// Currently-ENABLED outputs that are **not managed by us** — the headless session's bootstrap
/// output(s) + any physical monitor, i.e. exactly what `exclusive` must disable — EACH PAIRED WITH ITS
/// CURRENT MODE (`WxH@Hz`, empty if unresolved) so teardown can put it back at that exact refresh (a
/// bare re-enable drops a 120 Hz panel to KWin's default ~60 Hz).
/// **Group-aware (§6.1):** excludes the WHOLE managed family (the [`MANAGED_PREFIX`]), not just this
/// session's own output — so a 2nd `exclusive` session (with a distinct per-slot name) never disables
/// the 1st session's live output. Parsed from `kscreen-doctor -j` (same source as [`read_active_mode`]).
fn other_enabled_outputs() -> Vec<(String, String)> {
let out = match kscreen_json_bytes() {
Some(o) => o,
None => return Vec::new(),
};
let doc: serde_json::Value = match serde_json::from_slice(&out) {
Ok(d) => d,
Err(_) => return Vec::new(),
};
doc.get("outputs")
.and_then(|o| o.as_array())
.map(|outs| {
outs.iter()
.filter(|o| o.get("enabled").and_then(|e| e.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false))
.filter_map(|o| {
let name = o.get("name").and_then(|n| n.as_str())?;
(!name.starts_with(MANAGED_PREFIX)).then(|| {
(
name.to_string(),
output_current_mode_spec(o).unwrap_or_default(),
)
})
})
.collect()
})
.unwrap_or_default()
}
/// True if any managed group member (the [`MANAGED_PREFIX`] family) is ALREADY the KWin primary —
/// first-slot-wins support (§6.1) so a later exclusive session doesn't steal primary from the group's
/// first member. Best-effort: if kscreen reports no primary flag we treat it as "none" (the session
/// then sets itself primary — the pre-group behavior). Recent kscreen marks the primary with
/// `"priority": 1`; older builds used a `"primary": true` bool — accept either.
fn a_managed_output_is_primary() -> bool {
let Some(out) = kscreen_json_bytes() else {
return false;
};
let Ok(doc) = serde_json::from_slice::<serde_json::Value>(&out) else {
return false;
};
doc.get("outputs")
.and_then(|o| o.as_array())
.map(|outs| {
outs.iter().any(|o| {
let managed = o
.get("name")
.and_then(|n| n.as_str())
.is_some_and(|n| n.starts_with(MANAGED_PREFIX));
let primary = o.get("primary").and_then(|p| p.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false)
|| o.get("priority").and_then(|p| p.as_u64()) == Some(1);
managed && primary
})
})
.unwrap_or(false)
}
/// Set our output primary and disable the bootstrap output(s) so the managed group becomes
/// the sole desktop (KWin re-homes plasmashell + windows onto it). `ours` is the RESOLVED kscreen
/// address (numeric id or name, see [`resolve_kscreen_addr`]). Returns the disabled outputs for
/// the keepalive to re-enable on teardown. Best-effort: on failure, streaming continues (just possibly
/// showing only the wallpaper) rather than failing the session.
fn apply_virtual_primary(ours: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
let kscreen = |args: &[String]| kscreen_ok(args);
// First-slot-wins (§6.1): only grab primary if no managed group member is primary yet — so a 2nd
// exclusive session joins as a secondary monitor of the shared desktop instead of stealing the
// shell off the 1st session's output. KWin usually then re-homes the desktop + disables the
// bootstrap on its own; the belt-and-suspenders disable below covers the rest.
if !a_managed_output_is_primary() {
if !kscreen(&[format!("output.{ours}.primary")]) {
tracing::warn!(
"KWin: could not set the virtual output primary; client may see only the wallpaper"
);
}
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
}
// Disable everything still enabled that ISN'T a managed group member (bootstrap / physical), so
// the group is unambiguously the desktop — never a sibling session's output (group-aware filter).
// Each is captured WITH its current mode so teardown restores its real refresh, not KWin's default.
let others = other_enabled_outputs();
if !others.is_empty() {
let args: Vec<String> = others
.iter()
.map(|(o, _mode)| format!("output.{o}.disable"))
.collect();
let _ = kscreen(&args);
}
tracing::info!(also_disabled = ?others, "KWin: streamed output set as the sole desktop");
others
}
/// **Primary** (Stage 2): make the streamed output the primary but KEEP the other outputs enabled
/// (don't disable the bootstrap/physical) — so the shell re-homes onto the streamed surface while a
/// physical screen stays usable. Nothing to restore on teardown (we disabled nothing).
fn apply_virtual_primary_only(ours: &str) {
let ok = kscreen_ok(&[format!("output.{ours}.primary")]);
if ok {
tracing::info!("KWin: streamed output set primary (physical outputs kept)");
} else {
tracing::warn!("KWin: could not set the virtual output primary");
}
}
/// Dropping this releases the KWin virtual output: it flips the keepalive thread's `stop`, which
/// drops the Wayland connection and makes KWin reclaim the output. The topology **restore** is no
/// longer bound here — it moved to the registry's display group (§6.1, restored in-process via
/// [`crate::kwin_output_mgmt::reenable_outputs`], `kscreen-doctor` fallback), which runs it once when
/// the group's last member drops, BEFORE this keepalive is dropped.
struct StopGuard {
stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
}
impl Drop for StopGuard {
fn drop(&mut self) {
self.stop.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
}
}
#[derive(Default)]
struct State {
screencast: Option<Screencast>,
node_id: Option<u32>,
failed: Option<String>,
closed: bool,
/// Every `wl_output` KWin advertises, keyed by the proxy, with its connector name once the
/// `name` event arrives. Only the monitor-mirror path ([`stream_existing_output`]) needs these
/// — `stream_output` takes a `wl_output` object, so the connector has to be resolved to one.
outputs: Vec<(WlOutput, Option<String>)>,
}
impl Dispatch<WlRegistry, ()> for State {
fn event(
state: &mut Self,
registry: &WlRegistry,
event: wl_registry::Event,
_: &(),
_: &Connection,
qh: &QueueHandle<Self>,
) {
if let wl_registry::Event::Global {
name,
interface,
version,
} = event
{
if interface == Screencast::interface().name {
let v = version.min(MAX_VERSION);
state.screencast = Some(registry.bind::<Screencast, _, _>(name, v, qh, ()));
} else if interface == WlOutput::interface().name {
// v4 is where `wl_output.name` (the connector) arrives; bind at least that when the
// compositor offers it, else bind what it has and let the resolve fail loudly
// rather than mirroring an unidentifiable head.
let v = version.min(WL_OUTPUT_MAX_VERSION);
let out = registry.bind::<WlOutput, _, _>(name, v, qh, ());
state.outputs.push((out, None));
}
}
}
}
/// `wl_output` version we bind at: 4 brings the `name` event carrying the connector
/// (`DP-1`, …) — the only way to tell KWin's outputs apart on this connection.
const WL_OUTPUT_MAX_VERSION: u32 = 4;
impl Dispatch<WlOutput, ()> for State {
fn event(
state: &mut Self,
output: &WlOutput,
event: wl_output::Event,
_: &(),
_: &Connection,
_: &QueueHandle<Self>,
) {
if let wl_output::Event::Name { name } = event {
if let Some(slot) = state.outputs.iter_mut().find(|(o, _)| o == output) {
slot.1 = Some(name);
}
}
}
}
// The manager has no events.
impl Dispatch<Screencast, ()> for State {
fn event(
_: &mut Self,
_: &Screencast,
_: zkde::zkde_screencast_unstable_v1::Event,
_: &(),
_: &Connection,
_: &QueueHandle<Self>,
) {
}
}
impl Dispatch<ScreencastStream, ()> for State {
fn event(
state: &mut Self,
_: &ScreencastStream,
event: StreamEvent,
_: &(),
_: &Connection,
_: &QueueHandle<Self>,
) {
match event {
StreamEvent::Created { node } => state.node_id = Some(node),
StreamEvent::Failed { error } => state.failed = Some(error),
StreamEvent::Closed => state.closed = true,
// `serial` (v6) — we use the node id from `created`, so ignore.
_ => {}
}
}
}
/// Worker thread: create a `width`x`height` virtual output on KWin, send its PipeWire node id
/// back over `setup_tx`, then keep the Wayland connection alive (so the output isn't destroyed)
/// until `stop` is set. Mirrors the portal thread's "park to keep the session alive".
fn virtual_output_thread(
width: u32,
height: u32,
name: String,
pointer_mode: u32,
setup_tx: Sender<Result<u32, String>>,
stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
) {
if let Err(e) = run(width, height, &name, pointer_mode, &setup_tx, &stop) {
// If we never delivered a node id, report the failure to the waiting opener.
let _ = setup_tx.send(Err(format!("{e:#}")));
}
}
/// Start recording the existing KWin output named `connector` (the monitor-mirror path), returning
/// its PipeWire node id and the keepalive whose drop stops the recording.
///
/// `hw_cursor` selects the pointer mode exactly as the virtual-output path does: metadata for a
/// cursor-channel session, embedded otherwise, so the cursor behaves the same whichever source a
/// session is on.
pub(crate) fn stream_existing_output(
connector: &str,
hw_cursor: bool,
) -> Result<(u32, Box<dyn Send>)> {
let pointer_mode = if hw_cursor {
POINTER_METADATA
} else {
POINTER_EMBEDDED
};
let (setup_tx, setup_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<Result<u32, String>>();
let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
let stop_thread = stop.clone();
let connector_thread = connector.to_string();
thread::Builder::new()
.name("punktfunk-kwin-mirror".into())
.spawn(move || {
if let Err(e) = run_existing(&connector_thread, pointer_mode, &setup_tx, &stop_thread) {
let _ = setup_tx.send(Err(format!("{e:#}")));
}
})
.context("spawn KWin monitor-mirror thread")?;
let node_id = match setup_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(20)) {
Ok(Ok(v)) => v,
Ok(Err(e)) => bail!("KWin monitor mirror failed: {e}"),
Err(_) => bail!("timed out recording the KWin output {connector:?}"),
};
Ok((node_id, Box::new(StopOnDrop(stop)) as Box<dyn Send>))
}
/// Stops the mirror thread (and thus the recording) when the capturer drops it.
struct StopOnDrop(Arc<AtomicBool>);
impl Drop for StopOnDrop {
fn drop(&mut self) {
self.0.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
}
}
/// Readiness probe: connect to the KWin Wayland socket, roundtrip the registry, and confirm
/// the privileged `zkde_screencast` global is actually advertised. This is exactly what
/// [`run`] needs before it can create a virtual output, so a session-bringup script can poll
/// this to gate on the compositor being *ready* (not merely the socket existing) instead of
/// racing it with a blind sleep. `Ok(())` = ready; `Err` = not ready / no global yet.
pub fn probe() -> Result<()> {
let conn = Connection::connect_to_env()
.context("connect to KWin Wayland (is WAYLAND_DISPLAY set to the KWin socket?)")?;
let mut queue = conn.new_event_queue();
let qh = queue.handle();
let _registry = conn.display().get_registry(&qh, ());
let mut state = State::default();
queue.roundtrip(&mut state).context("registry roundtrip")?;
if state.screencast.is_none() {
bail!(
"KWin is up but does not expose zkde_screencast_unstable_v1 to this client — KWin gates \
it on the host's .desktop X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces (install \
io.unom.Punktfunk.Host.desktop with Exec=/usr/bin/punktfunk-host, then re-login so KWin \
re-reads it — the grant is cached per-exe on first connect), or set \
KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1 for the headless test; needs KWin ≥ 6.5.6"
);
}
Ok(())
}
/// KWin is usable iff we're inside a KWin session exposing `zkde_screencast` — exactly what
/// [`probe`] checks, surfaced as a bool for compositor enumeration.
pub fn is_available() -> bool {
probe().is_ok()
}
/// Stream an **existing** KWin output — the monitor-mirror path
/// (`design/per-monitor-portal-capture.md` L1). Same privileged global and the same thread/keepalive
/// shape as the virtual-output path; `stream_output` simply takes a `wl_output` instead of minting
/// one, so there is no dialog, no portal, and no chooser: the connector name IS the selection.
///
/// Returns the PipeWire node id. The thread parks until `stop`, holding the Wayland connection that
/// is the cast's lifetime — dropping it stops the recording and leaves the monitor untouched (we
/// never created it, so there is nothing to tear down; §7.1).
fn run_existing(
connector: &str,
pointer_mode: u32,
setup_tx: &Sender<Result<u32, String>>,
stop: &AtomicBool,
) -> Result<()> {
let conn = Connection::connect_to_env()
.context("connect to KWin Wayland (is WAYLAND_DISPLAY set to the KWin socket?)")?;
let mut queue = conn.new_event_queue();
let qh = queue.handle();
let _registry = conn.display().get_registry(&qh, ());
let mut state = State::default();
// Two roundtrips: the first processes the globals (binding screencast + every wl_output), the
// second drains each output's property burst — the `name` event we resolve the connector by.
queue.roundtrip(&mut state).context("registry roundtrip")?;
queue
.roundtrip(&mut state)
.context("wl_output property roundtrip")?;
let screencast = state.screencast.clone().ok_or_else(|| {
anyhow!(
"KWin does not expose zkde_screencast_unstable_v1 to this client — install the host's \
.desktop (io.unom.Punktfunk.Host.desktop, X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces) and re-login so \
KWin authorizes it, or run KWin with KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1 (headless test)"
)
})?;
// Resolve the connector to a bound wl_output. A miss is a hard error naming what IS there:
// mirroring some other monitor because the requested one is unplugged shows the operator a
// screen they did not ask for, which is worse than a session that refuses with a reason.
let named: Vec<&str> = state
.outputs
.iter()
.filter_map(|(_, n)| n.as_deref())
.collect();
let output = state
.outputs
.iter()
.find(|(_, n)| n.as_deref() == Some(connector))
.or_else(|| {
state.outputs.iter().find(|(_, n)| {
n.as_deref()
.is_some_and(|n| n.eq_ignore_ascii_case(connector))
})
})
.map(|(o, _)| o.clone())
.ok_or_else(|| {
if named.is_empty() {
anyhow!(
"KWin advertised no named wl_output (needs wl_output v4 for the connector \
name) — cannot mirror {connector:?}"
)
} else {
anyhow!(
"KWin has no output named {connector:?} — it has: {}",
named.join(", ")
)
}
})?;
let stream = screencast.stream_output(&output, pointer_mode, &qh, ());
tracing::info!(
connector,
embedded_pointer = pointer_mode != POINTER_METADATA,
"KWin: recording an existing output; awaiting PipeWire node"
);
let node_id = loop {
queue
.blocking_dispatch(&mut state)
.context("wayland dispatch (awaiting created)")?;
if let Some(node) = state.node_id {
break node;
}
if let Some(e) = state.failed.take() {
bail!("stream_output failed: {e}");
}
if state.closed {
bail!("KWin closed the stream before it was created");
}
};
setup_tx
.send(Ok(node_id))
.map_err(|_| anyhow!("monitor-mirror opener went away"))?;
park_until_stopped(&conn, &mut queue, &mut state, stop, connector, node_id)?;
stream.close();
let _ = conn.flush();
Ok(())
}
fn run(
width: u32,
height: u32,
name: &str,
pointer_mode: u32,
setup_tx: &Sender<Result<u32, String>>,
stop: &AtomicBool,
) -> Result<()> {
let conn = Connection::connect_to_env()
.context("connect to KWin Wayland (is WAYLAND_DISPLAY set to the KWin socket?)")?;
let mut queue = conn.new_event_queue();
let qh = queue.handle();
let _registry = conn.display().get_registry(&qh, ());
let mut state = State::default();
queue.roundtrip(&mut state).context("registry roundtrip")?;
let screencast = state.screencast.clone().ok_or_else(|| {
anyhow!(
"KWin does not expose zkde_screencast_unstable_v1 to this client — install the host's \
.desktop (io.unom.Punktfunk.Host.desktop, X-KDE-Wayland-Interfaces) and re-login so \
KWin authorizes it, or run KWin with KWIN_WAYLAND_NO_PERMISSION_CHECKS=1 (headless test)"
)
})?;
// Create the virtual output sized to the client; the pointer rides as stream metadata
// (cursor-channel session) or KWin embeds it into frames (everyone else — see the consts).
let stream = screencast.stream_virtual_output(
name.to_string(),
width as i32,
height as i32,
1.0, // scale (logical == physical)
pointer_mode,
&qh,
(),
);
tracing::info!(
width,
height,
"KWin: requested virtual output; awaiting PipeWire node"
);
// Pump events until KWin reports the node id (or an error).
let node_id = loop {
queue
.blocking_dispatch(&mut state)
.context("wayland dispatch (awaiting created)")?;
if let Some(node) = state.node_id {
break node;
}
if let Some(e) = state.failed.take() {
bail!("stream_virtual_output failed: {e}");
}
if state.closed {
bail!("KWin closed the stream before it was created");
}
};
setup_tx
.send(Ok(node_id))
.map_err(|_| anyhow!("virtual-output opener went away"))?;
park_until_stopped(&conn, &mut queue, &mut state, stop, name, node_id)?;
// Best-effort clean teardown; dropping the connection also makes KWin reclaim the output.
stream.close();
let _ = conn.flush();
Ok(())
}
/// Keep the connection (and thus the stream) alive until told to stop, observing `closed`.
/// `blocking_dispatch` can't be interrupted, so poll the connection fd with a short timeout and
/// honor `stop` within ~200 ms. Shared by the virtual-output and monitor-mirror paths — for a
/// virtual output this connection IS the output's lifetime; for a mirror it is only the
/// recording's, and the monitor itself is untouched either way.
fn park_until_stopped(
conn: &Connection,
queue: &mut wayland_client::EventQueue<State>,
state: &mut State,
stop: &AtomicBool,
output: &str,
node_id: u32,
) -> Result<()> {
while !stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
queue.dispatch_pending(state).context("dispatch_pending")?;
if state.closed {
tracing::warn!(output = %output, node_id, "KWin closed the screencast stream");
break;
}
conn.flush().context("wayland flush")?;
let Some(guard) = conn.prepare_read() else {
continue; // events already queued — loop dispatches them
};
let mut pfd = libc::pollfd {
fd: conn.as_fd().as_raw_fd(),
events: libc::POLLIN,
revents: 0,
};
// SAFETY: `&mut pfd` points at a single live, fully-initialized `libc::pollfd` on the stack, and
// the count `1` matches that one-element array, so `poll` reads `fd`/`events` and writes `revents`
// strictly within `pfd`. `pfd.fd` is the Wayland connection's fd, valid because `conn` (and the
// `prepare_read` guard) are alive across the call. `poll` blocks up to 200 ms and writes only
// `revents`; `pfd` outlives the synchronous call and aliases nothing (a fresh local).
let r = unsafe { libc::poll(&mut pfd, 1, 200) };
if r > 0 && (pfd.revents & libc::POLLIN) != 0 {
let _ = guard.read();
} // else: timeout or signal — drop the guard, re-check `stop`
}
Ok(())
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::{modes_from_json, pick_custom_mode, KModeRow, MANAGED_PREFIX};
fn row(id: &str, w: u32, h: u32, hz: f64) -> KModeRow {
KModeRow {
id: id.to_string(),
w,
h,
hz,
}
}
/// The reported regression: an iPhone 16 Pro Max asks for 2868x1320@120; libxcvt rounds the
/// width down to the 8-pixel cell grain and the clock step lands 119.92, so KWin's list holds
/// 2864x1320@119.92. Selecting by the REQUESTED `2868x1320@120` string matched nothing — the
/// output stayed on its birth mode and the session fell back to 60 Hz. The picker must find it.
#[test]
fn picks_the_cvt_aligned_mode() {
let modes = [
row("1", 2868, 1320, 60.0), // the virtual output's native/birth mode
row("2", 2864, 1320, 119.92), // the custom mode KWin actually generated
];
let got = pick_custom_mode(&modes, 2868, 1320, 120).expect("CVT-aligned mode");
assert_eq!((got.id.as_str(), got.w, got.h), ("2", 2864, 1320));
}
/// A width already on the cell grain (every PC resolution: 1920/2560/3840) round-trips exactly,
/// and an exact-width mode outranks an aligned one when both are offered.
#[test]
fn exact_width_outranks_an_aligned_one() {
let modes = [
row("1", 2560, 1440, 60.0),
row("2", 2552, 1440, 119.93), // a stale narrower custom mode from an earlier session
row("3", 2560, 1440, 119.98),
];
let got = pick_custom_mode(&modes, 2560, 1440, 120).expect("exact mode");
assert_eq!(got.id, "3");
}
/// The picker must never wander onto an unrelated mode: not the 60 Hz native entry (the old
/// fallback the reporter got stuck on), not a different height, not a wider width, and not a
/// mode more than one cell narrower than asked.
#[test]
fn rejects_modes_that_are_not_the_request() {
let modes = [
row("1", 2868, 1320, 60.0), // native — refresh too far off
row("2", 2868, 1080, 119.92), // wrong height
row("3", 2880, 1320, 119.92), // wider than requested
row("4", 2856, 1320, 119.92), // two cells narrower — not a CVT alignment of 2868
row("5", 1920, 1080, 120.0), // unrelated
];
assert!(pick_custom_mode(&modes, 2868, 1320, 120).is_none());
}
/// Mode + output ids come through as JSON strings on some KWin versions and numbers on others;
/// both must parse, and a mode row missing its size/refresh is skipped rather than poisoning
/// the list.
#[test]
fn parses_both_id_encodings() {
let doc: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(
r#"{"outputs":[
{"id":7,"name":"Virtual-punktfunk","modes":[
{"id":"m1","size":{"width":2868,"height":1320},"refreshRate":60.0},
{"id":42,"size":{"width":2864,"height":1320},"refreshRate":119.92},
{"id":"broken","size":{"width":800}}
]},
{"id":1,"name":"eDP-1","modes":[
{"id":"x","size":{"width":2864,"height":1320},"refreshRate":119.92}
]}
]}"#,
)
.expect("fixture parses");
// Addressable by numeric id (how `resolve_kscreen_addr` returns it) and by name.
for addr in ["7", "Virtual-punktfunk"] {
let modes = modes_from_json(&doc, addr);
assert_eq!(modes.len(), 2, "the malformed row is dropped ({addr})");
assert_eq!(modes[1].id, "42", "numeric mode ids stringify ({addr})");
let got = pick_custom_mode(&modes, 2868, 1320, 120).expect("aligned mode");
assert_eq!(got.id, "42");
}
// Never reads another output's list (the eDP-1 entry carries a matching mode).
assert!(modes_from_json(&doc, "Virtual-nope").is_empty());
}
/// Group-aware exclusive (§6.1): with two managed group members + a physical panel enabled,
/// exclusive disables ONLY the non-managed panel — never a sibling session's per-slot output
/// (the Stage-3 naming would otherwise make a 2nd exclusive session black out the 1st).
#[test]
fn exclusive_disables_only_non_managed() {
let enabled = [
"Virtual-punktfunk", // base name (shared identity)
"Virtual-punktfunk-1", // client A's per-slot output
"Virtual-punktfunk-7", // client B's per-slot output
"eDP-1", // a physical panel
];
let to_disable: Vec<&str> = enabled
.iter()
.copied()
.filter(|n| !n.starts_with(MANAGED_PREFIX))
.collect();
assert_eq!(to_disable, vec!["eDP-1"]);
}
}