boxy: replace Kodi with Plasma Bigscreen
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Add plasma-bigscreen role with package built from upstream master
(not yet in nixpkgs, tracking NixOS/nixpkgs#428077).

Changes:
- New role: roles/plasma-bigscreen/ (module + package derivation)
- boxy configuration: swap roles.kodi for roles.plasma-bigscreen
- Keeps all existing functionality: Jellyfin, Stremio, Firefox,
  KDE Connect, app-launcher-server, AVR volume control (kodi user)
- Autologins to plasma-bigscreen-wayland session instead of plasma

NOTE: First build will fail with a hash mismatch on the source
fetch — copy the correct sha256 from the error into package.nix.
Some dep attribute names may also need adjustment on first build.
This commit is contained in:
Ash
2026-03-07 10:06:40 -08:00
parent a3d039613f
commit eacfa28321
5 changed files with 253 additions and 4 deletions

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@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
./machines/boxy/configuration.nix ./machines/boxy/configuration.nix
{ {
home-manager.users.johno = import ./home/home-media-center.nix; home-manager.users.johno = import ./home/home-media-center.nix;
# kodi user: AVR volume control + minimal Plasma config for Bigscreen session
home-manager.users.kodi = import ./home/home-kodi.nix; home-manager.users.kodi = import ./home/home-kodi.nix;
home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit system; }; home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit system; };
} }

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@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ with lib;
sddm = true; sddm = true;
wayland = true; wayland = true;
}; };
kodi = { plasma-bigscreen = {
enable = true; enable = true;
autologin = true; autologin = true;
wayland = true;
appLauncherServer.enable = true;
jellyfinScaleFactor = 1.0; jellyfinScaleFactor = 1.0;
appLauncherServer.enable = true;
}; };
nfs-mounts.enable = true; nfs-mounts.enable = true;
users.enable = true; users.enable = true;
@@ -72,4 +71,3 @@ with lib;
system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment? system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?
} }

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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ with lib;
./k3s-node ./k3s-node
./kodi ./kodi
./nfs-mounts ./nfs-mounts
./plasma-bigscreen
./nvidia ./nvidia
./printing ./printing
./rclone-mount ./rclone-mount

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@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.roles.plasma-bigscreen;
# Plasma Bigscreen package — not yet in nixpkgs, built from upstream master
plasma-bigscreen = pkgs.kdePackages.callPackage ./package.nix {};
jellyfinMediaPlayerPkg =
if cfg.jellyfinScaleFactor != null
then pkgs.symlinkJoin {
name = "jellyfin-media-player-scaled";
paths = [ pkgs.qt-pinned.jellyfin-media-player ];
nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
postBuild = ''
mkdir -p $out/bin
rm -f $out/bin/jellyfin-desktop
makeWrapper ${pkgs.qt-pinned.jellyfin-media-player}/bin/jellyfin-desktop $out/bin/jellyfin-desktop \
--add-flags "--tv --scale-factor ${toString cfg.jellyfinScaleFactor}"
# Update .desktop file to include scale factor and TV mode arguments
mkdir -p $out/share/applications
rm -f $out/share/applications/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop.desktop
substitute ${pkgs.qt-pinned.jellyfin-media-player}/share/applications/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop.desktop \
$out/share/applications/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop.desktop \
--replace-fail "Exec=jellyfin-desktop" "Exec=jellyfin-desktop --tv --scale-factor ${toString cfg.jellyfinScaleFactor}"
'';
}
else pkgs.qt-pinned.jellyfin-media-player;
in
{
options.roles.plasma-bigscreen = {
enable = mkEnableOption "Plasma Bigscreen TV interface";
autologin = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Auto-login to Plasma Bigscreen session";
};
user = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "kodi";
description = "User account for the Bigscreen session";
};
jellyfinScaleFactor = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.float;
default = null;
description = "Scale factor for Jellyfin Media Player UI (e.g., 1.0 for 100% scaling)";
};
appLauncherServer = {
enable = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Enable HTTP app launcher server for remote control";
};
port = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 8081;
description = "Port for the app launcher HTTP server";
};
};
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
# Create the bigscreen user
users.extraUsers.${cfg.user} = {
isNormalUser = true;
extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "audio" "video" ];
};
# Plasma Bigscreen is a Plasma 6 shell — needs Plasma 6 desktop manager
services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
# Register the bigscreen session with the display manager
services.displayManager.sessionPackages = [ plasma-bigscreen ];
xdg.portal.configPackages = [ plasma-bigscreen ];
# Fix homescreen not being focused after quitting app or on boot
environment.plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
kdePackages.xwaylandvideobridge
];
# Firewall for remote control
networking.firewall = {
allowedTCPPorts = optional cfg.appLauncherServer.enable cfg.appLauncherServer.port;
};
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
plasma-bigscreen
firefox
jellyfinMediaPlayerPkg
qt-pinned.stremio
wget
] ++ optional cfg.appLauncherServer.enable pkgs.custom.app-launcher-server;
nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = lib.warn
"Allowing insecure package qtwebengine-5.15.19 as a jellyfin-media-player/stremio dependency."
[
"qtwebengine-5.15.19"
];
programs.kdeconnect.enable = true;
systemd.user.services = mkIf cfg.appLauncherServer.enable {
app-launcher-server = {
description = "HTTP App Launcher Server";
wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
after = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
serviceConfig = {
Type = "simple";
ExecStart = "${pkgs.custom.app-launcher-server}/bin/app-launcher-server ${toString cfg.appLauncherServer.port}";
Restart = "always";
RestartSec = "5s";
Environment = [
"PATH=${pkgs.firefox}/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin"
];
};
};
};
services.displayManager = mkIf cfg.autologin {
autoLogin.enable = true;
autoLogin.user = cfg.user;
defaultSession = "plasma-bigscreen-wayland";
};
};
}

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@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
# Plasma Bigscreen — TV interface for Plasma 6
# Not yet released or packaged in nixpkgs; built from upstream master.
# Upstream: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-bigscreen
# Tracking: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/428077
# Based on: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/428353
{
mkKdeDerivation,
lib,
fetchFromGitLab,
pkg-config,
# KDE Frameworks 6
ki18n,
kdeclarative,
kcmutils,
knotifications,
kio,
kwayland,
kwindowsystem,
ksvg,
kiconthemes,
kglobalaccel,
kdbusaddons,
# KDE Plasma 6
plasma-workspace,
plasma-nano,
plasma-nm,
plasma-activities,
plasma-activities-stats,
milou,
libkscreen,
kdeconnect-kde,
# Qt 6
qtmultimedia,
qtwebengine,
# Other
bluez-qt,
qcoro,
plasma-wayland-protocols,
wayland,
sdl3,
}:
mkKdeDerivation {
pname = "plasma-bigscreen";
version = "unstable-2026-03-07";
src = fetchFromGitLab {
domain = "invent.kde.org";
owner = "plasma";
repo = "plasma-bigscreen";
rev = "bd143fea7e386bac1652b8150a3ed3d5ef7cf93c";
# Build will fail with hash mismatch — copy the correct hash from the error
hash = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=";
};
extraNativeBuildInputs = [
pkg-config
];
extraBuildInputs = [
# KDE Frameworks
ki18n
kdeclarative
kcmutils
knotifications
kio
kwayland
kwindowsystem
ksvg
kiconthemes
kglobalaccel
kdbusaddons
# Plasma
plasma-workspace
plasma-nano
plasma-nm
plasma-activities
plasma-activities-stats
milou
libkscreen
kdeconnect-kde
# Qt
qtmultimedia
qtwebengine
# Other
bluez-qt
qcoro
plasma-wayland-protocols
wayland
sdl3
];
postPatch = ''
substituteInPlace bin/plasma-bigscreen-wayland.in \
--replace @KDE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR@ "${plasma-workspace}/libexec"
# Plasma version numbers must match; we're building an unreleased package
# against a stable Plasma release.
substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
--replace-fail 'set(PROJECT_VERSION "6.5.80")' 'set(PROJECT_VERSION "${plasma-workspace.version}")'
'';
preFixup = ''
wrapQtApp $out/bin/plasma-bigscreen-wayland
'';
passthru.providedSessions = [
"plasma-bigscreen-wayland"
];
meta = {
description = "Plasma shell for TVs (Plasma Bigscreen)";
homepage = "https://plasma-bigscreen.org";
license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
};
}