Apply udev rules to /dev/uinput immediately after installation

docs/source/about/setup.rst

@@ -195,11 +195,14 @@ Install
 
    Sunshine needs access to `uinput` to create mouse and gamepad events.
 
-   #. Create `udev` rules.
+   #. Create and reload `udev` rules for uinput.
          .. code-block:: bash
 
             echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", SUBSYSTEM=="misc", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput", TAG+="uaccess"' | \
             sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/60-sunshine.rules
+            sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+            sudo udevadm trigger
+            sudo modprobe uinput
 
    #. Optionally, configure autostart service
 

packaging/linux/AppImage/AppRun

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ function install() {
   # user input rules
   # shellcheck disable=SC2002
   cat "$SUNSHINE_SHARE_HERE/udev/rules.d/60-sunshine.rules" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/60-sunshine.rules
+  sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+  sudo udevadm trigger --property-match=DEVNAME=/dev/uinput
 
   # sunshine service
   mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
@@ -56,25 +58,6 @@ function install() {
 
   # setcap
   sudo setcap cap_sys_admin+p "$(readlink -f "$SUNSHINE_BIN_HERE")"
-
-  while true
-  do
-    read -r -p "This installation requires a reboot. Do you want to reboot NOW? [y/n] " input
-
-    case $input in
-      [yY][eE][sS]|[yY])
-        echo "Yes"
-        sudo reboot now
-        ;;
-      [nN][oO]|[nN])
-        echo "No"
-        break
-        ;;
-      *)
-        echo "Invalid input..."
-        ;;
-    esac
-  done
 }
 
 function remove() {

packaging/linux/Arch/sunshine.install

@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@ do_setcap() {
   setcap cap_sys_admin+p $(readlink -f $(which sunshine))
 }
 
+do_udev_reload() {
+  udevadm control --reload-rules
+  udevadm trigger --property-match=DEVNAME=/dev/uinput
+  modprobe uinput || true
+}
+
 post_install() {
   do_setcap
+  do_udev_reload
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {
   do_setcap
+  do_udev_reload
 }
 

src_assets/linux/misc/postinst

@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ if [ -x "$path_to_setcap" ] ; then
   echo "$path_to_setcap cap_sys_admin+p /usr/bin/sunshine"
 	$path_to_setcap cap_sys_admin+p $(readlink -f /usr/bin/sunshine)
 fi
+
+# Trigger udev rule reload for /dev/uinput
+path_to_udevadm=$(which udevadm)
+if [ -x "$path_to_udevadm" ] ; then
+  $path_to_udevadm control --reload-rules
+  $path_to_udevadm trigger --property-match=DEVNAME=/dev/uinput
+fi