# Manjaro Gaming Server ## Setup Tested on Truenas with libvirt. 1. Do not boot the instance with a virtual display 2. Pass through usb mouse/keyboard 3. Pass through the graphics card 4. Walk through the installer as normal 5. Reboot into the installation 6. Settings -> Screen Locking -> Never 7. Settings -> Power Management -> When power button pressed: Shut Down 8. Settings -> Power Management -> Turn off screen: Never 9. Settings -> Session -> Desktop Session -> On login, launch apps that were open: Start with an empty session 10. `sudo systemctl enable --now sshd` ## SSH Make sure you forward 127.0.0.1:47990. That way you can access sunshine on your local machine at for entering the pin. ```conf Host gamebox2 HostName gamebox2.reeselink.com User gamer KeepAlive yes IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_gamebox_rsa LocalForward 47990 127.0.0.1:47990 ``` ## Basic Apps ```bash sudo pacman -S vim sudo flatpak install io.missioncenter.MissionCenter ``` ## Install Sunshine ```bash # Update the system sudo pacman -Syu # Install nvidia drivers sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia # Install sunshine #The flatpak seems to work well. The arch package keeps breaking due to #deps. See boost-libs and then libicuuc.so.76. # sudo flatpak install --system flathub dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine flatpak run --command=additional-install.sh dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine systemctl --user enable --now sunshine sudo reboot ``` If you need to uninstall ```bash systemctl --user disable --now sunshine sudo flatpak uninstall --system --delete-data dev.lizardbyte.app.Sunshine ``` ## Steam Play games. ```bash sudo flatpak install com.valvesoftware.Steam ``` ## MangoHud Pretty Numbers for your Games. ```bash sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud flatpak override --user --env=MANGOHUD=1 com.valvesoftware.Steam # Allow flatpak apps to read Mangohud config flatpak override --user --filesystem=xdg-config/MangoHud:ro ``` Edit `~/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf` ```conf ## pre defined presets # -1 = default # 0 = no display # 1 = fps only # 2 = horizontal view # 3 = extended # 4 = high detailed information preset=2 ## Enable most of the toggleable parameters (currently excludes `histogram`) # full ``` ## Snapshot I would recommend creating a "working install" snapshot you can roll back to. ```bash # Take a snapshot zfs list -d 1 enc1/vms export ZFS_VOL='enc1/vms/Gambox1-z4e0t' zfs snapshot $ZFS_VOL@manual-$(date --iso-8601) # Restore a snapshot zfs list -t snapshot $ZFS_VOL export ZFS_SNAPSHOT='enc1/vms/Gambox1-z4e0t@init-no-drivers-2025-03-03_05-35' zfs rollback $ZFS_SNAPSHOT ```