From 3c945946e766cf140cc41b7f936c2ba99c255907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HannahPadd <hannah@lindrob.nl>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:51:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update unix socket directory to be /tmp/ instead of user
 home.

---
 .../core/src/main/java/io/eiren/util/OperatingSystem.kt   | 4 ++--
 server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/Main.kt  | 5 +++--
 .../java/dev/slimevr/desktop/install/drivers/Linux.kt     | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/core/src/main/java/io/eiren/util/OperatingSystem.kt b/server/core/src/main/java/io/eiren/util/OperatingSystem.kt
index 8a651e95e..4cfb0d446 100644
--- a/server/core/src/main/java/io/eiren/util/OperatingSystem.kt
+++ b/server/core/src/main/java/io/eiren/util/OperatingSystem.kt
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ enum class OperatingSystem(
 				var dir = System.getenv("SLIMEVR_SOCKET_DIR")
 				if (dir != null) return dir
 				if (currentPlatform == LINUX) {
-					dir = System.getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
-					if (dir != null) return dir
+					dir = "/tmp/"
+					return dir
 				}
 				return System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 			}
diff --git a/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/Main.kt b/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/Main.kt
index 29e2b606d..121217f3b 100644
--- a/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/Main.kt
+++ b/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/Main.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ val VERSION =
 	(GIT_VERSION_TAG.ifEmpty { GIT_COMMIT_HASH }) +
 		if (GIT_CLEAN) "" else "-dirty"
 
+val featureFlags = FeatureFlags()
+
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 	System.setProperty("awt.useSystemAAFontSettings", "on")
 	System.setProperty("swing.aatext", "true")
@@ -53,7 +55,6 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 	val formatter = HelpFormatter()
 	val options = Options()
 	val isLinux = System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase().contains("linux")
-	val featureFlags = FeatureFlags()
 	options.addOption("h", "help", false, "Show help")
 	options.addOption("V", "version", false, "Show version")
 	options.addOption("i", "install", true, "Run the driver install")
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ fun provideBridges(
 				)
 				yield(linuxBridge)
 			}
-
+			LogManager.info("Socket Dir ${OperatingSystem.socketDirectory}")
 			yield(
 				UnixSocketBridge(
 					server,
diff --git a/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/install/drivers/Linux.kt b/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/install/drivers/Linux.kt
index 9e05676ab..767ded1b1 100644
--- a/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/install/drivers/Linux.kt
+++ b/server/desktop/src/main/java/dev/slimevr/desktop/install/drivers/Linux.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package dev.slimevr.desktop.install.drivers
 
+import dev.slimevr.desktop.featureFlags
 import io.eiren.util.logging.LogManager
 
 class Linux {
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ class Linux {
 
 	fun feeder() {
 		executeShellCommand("chmod", "+x", "$path/$LINUX_FEEDER_DIRECTORY/SlimeVR-Feeder-App")
+
+		val command = if (featureFlags.steam) {
+			arrayOf("steam-runtime-launch-client", "--alongside-steam", "--", "udevadm", "cat")
+		} else {
+			arrayOf("udevadm", "cat")
+		}
+		val udevResponse = executeShellCommand(*command)
 		val feederOutput = executeShellCommand("$path/$LINUX_FEEDER_DIRECTORY/SlimeVR-Feeder-App", "--install")
 		if (feederOutput == null) {
 			LogManager.warning("Error installing feeder")