linux-runner.sh takes its packages from apt where there is no Nix, the
registration token from RUNNER_TOKEN (a machine where gh must not be logged
in), and RUNNER_CPUS / RUNNER_MEMORY for a machine that does nothing else.
playhorizon, a partner's 8-thread server, joins parity_hosts.json.
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On all 24, a cargo build held ludodesktop's CPU at 92 °C and the watcher kept pausing; at half,
harnesses run at a median of 80 °C.
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nix-build names a dev output's GC root <name>-dev, so the runner's PKG_CONFIG_PATH pointed at links
that didn't exist and every client build failed on libudev; it now uses the store path nix-build
prints. The package temperature spikes for a second under load, so the heat check takes the median
of 5 readings. Restarting the watcher no longer throttles a running job.
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Ludovic's rule (2026-10-26): runner_pause.py pauses at once on keyboard, mouse or gamepad input
(read from /dev/input, only whether bytes came), on an unlocked session touched in the last
15 min, at 90 °C, on a game or the GPU. Fixes the service start: the link loop's last test
failed the script under set -e.
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runner_pause.py pauses on any seat0 session (locked too), games, GPU use or a pause file, and is
the only thing that starts the runner; a job under way is throttled, then the runner stops. The
desktop host in parity_hosts.json refuses work while paused and its workers stop on a pause. The
nightly audit stays on the Mac mini. Docs and a unit test of the watcher.
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runner-env.sh and vanilla-data.sh find Python 3.13, the pinned JDK and sccache on NixOS;
linux-runner.sh installs a runner as a systemd user service with its own screen; runner-pause.py
stops it from taking jobs while a game runs.
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Ludovic Marie