Replace native GFN (impossible on this GPU) with browser GFN + Moonlight

The native GeForce NOW client hard-requires Vulkan video-decode
extensions (error 0xC0F11312) and the BC-250 has no video decode
hardware — unfixable at driver level. Replaced with:
- Chromium + a GeForce NOW web-app shortcut (works on Linux Chromium
  without UA tricks nowadays; CPU-decoded 1080p)
- Moonlight client for streaming from a home Sunshine host (planned:
  VM with RTX 3050 passthrough on the R730)
Drops bc250-gfn-install service/script.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-18 16:27:28 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
parent 2a67851293
commit 9d2aa16050
7 changed files with 27 additions and 51 deletions
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# First-boot installer for the GeForce NOW native Linux app (beta).
# GFN ships from NVIDIA's own flatpak repo, not Flathub, so the
# default-flatpaks module can't handle it. Retries while the network
# settles; stamps /var/lib/bc250/.gfn-installed on success so the
# service never runs again.
STAMP_DIR="/var/lib/bc250"
STAMP="$STAMP_DIR/.gfn-installed"
REPO_URL="https://international.download.nvidia.com/GFNLinux/flatpak/geforcenow.flatpakrepo"
[ -f "$STAMP" ] && exit 0
for attempt in $(seq 1 30); do
if flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --system GeForceNOW "$REPO_URL" \
&& flatpak install --system --noninteractive -y GeForceNOW com.nvidia.geforcenow; then
mkdir -p "$STAMP_DIR"
touch "$STAMP"
echo "GeForce NOW installed."
exit 0
fi
echo "GeForce NOW install attempt $attempt failed; retrying in 60s..."
sleep 60
done
echo "GeForce NOW install failed after 30 attempts; will retry next boot." >&2
exit 1
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[Unit]
Description=Install GeForce NOW flatpak (NVIDIA repo, first boot)
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target flatpak-add-fedora-repos.service
ConditionPathExists=!/var/lib/bc250/.gfn-installed
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bc250-gfn-install
TimeoutStartSec=45min
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=GeForce NOW
Comment=NVIDIA cloud gaming in the browser (the native app requires hardware video decode this GPU does not have)
Exec=flatpak run org.chromium.Chromium --app=https://play.geforcenow.com/
Icon=input-gaming
Terminal=false
Categories=Game;
StartupNotify=true
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ high clocks. Change one thing at a time and re-check `sensors`.
- Minecraft: open Prism Launcher, add an account (Microsoft sign-in — a paid
Minecraft: Java Edition license on that account), then create an instance
for the version/modpack you want. Prism downloads its own Java.
- GeForce NOW (beta) installs itself on first boot with internet. The BC-250
has no hardware video decode, so the stream decodes on the CPU: keep it at
1080p (higher settings will stutter and run hot). If it's missing, check
`systemctl status bc250-gfn-install` — it retries on the next boot.
- GeForce NOW: use the "GeForce NOW" app (a Chromium web shortcut). The
native GFN app cannot work on this GPU — it requires hardware video
decode (error 0xC0F11312) that the BC-250 physically lacks. Streams
decode on CPU: keep to 1080p.
- Moonlight (installed): streams games from a home PC/server running
Sunshine — pair it against the host's `https://<host>:47990` panel.
Best-quality "cloud" gaming in the house: LAN latency, no subscription.