▲ 104 ▼ Sunshine and Moonlight - Bring Your Desktop's Power On the Go (cenotaph.cc) submitted 5 months ago by new_otters_raft@piefed.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments Setting up Sunshine and Moonlight for high performance game streaming on Linux
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Can you run this headless, or do you need Wayland running? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] garret@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) You can. Look at "Games on Whales" github. I run it daily with that hosting in a server and streaming on my tv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago Thank you, I will check this out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) … what exactly do you intend to stream without a display server running? Yes you can run it headless, but you still need x11 or wayland obviously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago This might be a time when an ignorant point of view helps, like mine. I don't know anything about Wayland- Is it like Zululand but where the Way tribe lives? Anyway, my naive assumption is OP was wondering if you can run it on a server that does not have a display plugged in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago Duh, stream a b&w tty terminal in all of its glory! What is ssh? permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I’m relatively new to Linux and this is deeper than a usual topic into a stack I don’t know. I have a server, it has a graphics card, and I already have steam running with GameScope so the whole app renders into a single frame buffer. I just don’t know how the graphics/app pipeline plumbing needs to work to be able to run that headlessly and stream it, which would be my ideal situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Thank you, and yes, I meant not needing to be plugged into an active monitor with mouse and keyboard running. I think from just this discussion I’m realizing some of what I didn’t know I didn’t know/misunderstood about the whole desktop system on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] garret@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) You can. Look at "Games on Whales" github. I run it daily with that hosting in a server and streaming on my tv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago Thank you, I will check this out! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago Thank you, I will check this out! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) … what exactly do you intend to stream without a display server running? Yes you can run it headless, but you still need x11 or wayland obviously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago This might be a time when an ignorant point of view helps, like mine. I don't know anything about Wayland- Is it like Zululand but where the Way tribe lives? Anyway, my naive assumption is OP was wondering if you can run it on a server that does not have a display plugged in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago Duh, stream a b&w tty terminal in all of its glory! What is ssh? permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I’m relatively new to Linux and this is deeper than a usual topic into a stack I don’t know. I have a server, it has a graphics card, and I already have steam running with GameScope so the whole app renders into a single frame buffer. I just don’t know how the graphics/app pipeline plumbing needs to work to be able to run that headlessly and stream it, which would be my ideal situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Thank you, and yes, I meant not needing to be plugged into an active monitor with mouse and keyboard running. I think from just this discussion I’m realizing some of what I didn’t know I didn’t know/misunderstood about the whole desktop system on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago This might be a time when an ignorant point of view helps, like mine. I don't know anything about Wayland- Is it like Zululand but where the Way tribe lives? Anyway, my naive assumption is OP was wondering if you can run it on a server that does not have a display plugged in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago Duh, stream a b&w tty terminal in all of its glory! What is ssh? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I’m relatively new to Linux and this is deeper than a usual topic into a stack I don’t know. I have a server, it has a graphics card, and I already have steam running with GameScope so the whole app renders into a single frame buffer. I just don’t know how the graphics/app pipeline plumbing needs to work to be able to run that headlessly and stream it, which would be my ideal situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Thank you, and yes, I meant not needing to be plugged into an active monitor with mouse and keyboard running. I think from just this discussion I’m realizing some of what I didn’t know I didn’t know/misunderstood about the whole desktop system on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Thank you, and yes, I meant not needing to be plugged into an active monitor with mouse and keyboard running. I think from just this discussion I’m realizing some of what I didn’t know I didn’t know/misunderstood about the whole desktop system on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Thank you, and yes, I meant not needing to be plugged into an active monitor with mouse and keyboard running. I think from just this discussion I’m realizing some of what I didn’t know I didn’t know/misunderstood about the whole desktop system on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent