gow VS x11docker

I spent some (too much) time trying to get pretty much the same thing running using GOW [1]. Was quite a bit harder than I thought, requiring a hdmi dummy plug to get the xserver config right etc.

1: https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow

This appears to be the official repo. https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow as shared by the developer here https://www.reddit.com/r/docker/comments/o4tz1c/gaming_on_a_server_running_retroarch_on_docker/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

Games on Whales is probably what you're looking for.

Native flavor Sunshine: https://sunshinestream.github.io/ Docker flavor Games-on-Whales: https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow For the client if you don't use a shield device you can use Moonlight. And their discord has channels for the 3rd party hosts. https://moonlight-stream.org

I'm working on Games on Whales the goal is to make it easier to use docker containers in order to run videogames or GUI apps on a remote host.

I'm working on a side project if you are interested, we are trying to run everything in Docker at gow! So far we got pretty good results on Nvidia, even running games in Steam from a headless host.

I don't know anything about Xwayland, but according there's this sentence in this socat writeup:

> If you want to access an X server that does not provide -listen tcp (Xwayland) or just did not have enabled it during startup (like most likely your host Xorg), you can use socat to provide TCP/IP access.

https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/wiki/How-to-access-X-o...

I've run into this before, but I never ended up using it: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker

I managed to “fix” the error log messages by following this guide: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/wiki/How-to-connect-container-to-DBus-from-host

at least, I'd suggest you take a look at https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/issues/418

x11docker would be a good starting point to see what is possible: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker and in particular https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/wiki/Display-manager-entry-for-x11docker .

Instead of using a homegrown solution, check out x11docker. It attempts to safely allow you to use x inside a container. There are certain cases where a malicious actor could take over your computer if you don't mount the relevant things safely.

This is what I use x11docker for!

It's straighforward to have your container talk to Xorg directly but for a better experience take a look at https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker as it does the heavy lifting regarding GPU, sounds, devices, etc.