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game-performance: Add tlpctl support
SHADOW-REX May 15, 2026
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16 changes: 10 additions & 6 deletions usr/bin/game-performance
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Helper script to enable the performance gov with proton or others
if ! command -v powerprofilesctl &>/dev/null; then
echo "Error: powerprofilesctl not found" >&2
exit 1
if command -v powerprofilesctl &>/dev/null; then
PROFILE_CMD="powerprofilesctl"
elif command -v tlpctl &>/dev/null; then
PROFILE_CMD="tlpctl"
else
echo "Error: Neither powerprofilesctl nor tlpctl found" >&2
exit 1
fi

# Don't fail if the CPU driver doesn't support performance power profile
if ! powerprofilesctl list | grep -q 'performance:'; then
if ! "$PROFILE_CMD" list | grep -q 'performance:'; then
exec "$@"
fi

# Set performance governors, as long the game is launched
if [ -n "$GAME_PERFORMANCE_SCREENSAVER_ON" ]; then
exec powerprofilesctl launch -p performance \
exec "$PROFILE_CMD" launch -p performance \
-r "Launched with CachyOS game-performance utility" -- "$@"
else
exec systemd-inhibit --why "CachyOS game-performance is running" powerprofilesctl launch \
exec systemd-inhibit --why "CachyOS game-performance is running" "$PROFILE_CMD" launch \
-p performance -r "Launched with CachyOS game-performance utility" -- "$@"
fi