From bc0df6a800e79ca99a5a3b90bc2cd9f3ba9ee1de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?ryan4yin=20=7C=20=E4=BA=8C=E8=8A=B1?= <ryan4yin@linux.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 06:31:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(openrgb): apply declarative off profile at boot (#502)

Assisted-by: DeepSeek Harness (deepseek-flash)
---
 hosts/idols-ai/default.nix         |  7 +------
 hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/default.nix | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/off.json    |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/default.nix
 create mode 100644 hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/off.json

diff --git a/hosts/idols-ai/default.nix b/hosts/idols-ai/default.nix
index 4cac06b9..f3a5beba 100644
--- a/hosts/idols-ai/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/idols-ai/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ in
 
     ./preservation.nix
     ./secureboot.nix
+    ./openrgb
 
     ./restic.nix
 
@@ -117,12 +118,6 @@ in
   # works without sudo.
   hardware.i2c.enable = true;
 
-  # The board's ARGB controller is a USB HID device (MSI Mystic Light, 1462:7e01). This
-  # module installs openrgb with its udev rules and runs `openrgb --server`, so the GUI and
-  # the CLI reach the board without root. `motherboard` needs no value here: it follows
-  # hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode, which hardware-configuration.nix already sets.
-  services.hardware.openrgb.enable = true;
-
   # Re-evaluate after the Insta360 Link firmware or the kernel's uvcvideo changes.
   powerManagement.resumeCommands = ''
     # Insta360 Link may stay enumerated with a stalled UVC endpoint after S3 resume.
diff --git a/hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/default.nix b/hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6331023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  offProfile = ./off.json;
+in
+{
+  # The MSI ARGB controller loses its state on power loss and reverts to the
+  # firmware default. Load an OpenRGB profile after detection so the service
+  # restores the desired Direct/black state on every boot.
+  services.hardware.openrgb = {
+    enable = true;
+    startupProfile = "off";
+  };
+
+  # Keep the profile checked in, and install it before the server starts. An
+  # empty controller list with base_color = 0 makes OpenRGB apply black to every
+  # detected controller.
+  systemd.services.openrgb.preStart = ''
+    ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -Dm0644 ${offProfile} /var/lib/OpenRGB/profiles/off.json
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/off.json b/hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/off.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e04317d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/idols-ai/openrgb/off.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "profile_name": "off",
+  "profile_version": 6,
+  "controllers": [],
+  "base_color": 0
+}