Theater mode with SteamVR 2.1.8 is displayed upside-down

[caseif]

Describe the bug Desktop games running in theater mode with SteamVR 2.1.5 2.1.7 2.1.8 are displayed upside-down. This issue persists when the game view is docked to vrdashboard or to a controller.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. With SteamVR running, open any desktop-mode game either through vrdashboard or the desktop Steam client
2. Observe the upside-down viewport in theater mode

Expected behavior The game should display right side-up.

System Information (please complete the following information):

• Distribution: Arch
• SteamVR version: 2.1.5
• Steam client version: 1700272093
• Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
• Graphics driver version: Mesa 23.2.1-arch1.2
• Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/caseif/c3404f46e0ec69a37f0efc1a3e46985f

Screenshots

Note: Commenters who are also experiencing this issue are encouraged to include the "System Information" section in their replies.

[caseif]

@kisak-valve Whoops, my bad on the title. Thanks for the quick fix!

[digitalcircuit]

Same issue here, Kubuntu 22.04 LTS.

And, correct me if I'm wrong - you also appear to have the same bug I do where SteamVR Home never launches, hence the "Up next"-styled item hanging around on top until a VR game is launched. It was broken before the 2.1.x beta series for me, I had just never gotten around to filing a bug report on it.

[jarredpickles87]

Having the same exact issue as @caseif. I'm running Mint 21.2 on kernel 6.2.0-36 cinnamon DE 5.8.4 Running steam vr 2.1.5 beta version

[caseif]

This is still occurring with version 2.1.7.

[whinis]

Same, Arch version 2.1.7 still occuring

[jarredpickles87]

Also same on 2.1.7 with Mint

[CarbonNotes]

Same with 2.1.7 on Steam OS 3.5.7 + HTC Vive

Update: Same issue on 2.1.8 as well

[jarredpickles87]

Update again: still upside down on 2.1.8. Performance in certain games is also very stuttery. Edit: Coming back to say 2.1.9 didn't help either.

[TTimo]

Fixed in StemVR beta 2.2.1

[caseif]

I'm unable to retest this as theater mode is no longer working at all for me in 2.2.1 as well as 2.1.10, with the "screen" being completely black. This occurs with both the beta and stable Steam clients and with both X11 and Wayland Plasma sessions.

[digitalcircuit]

SteamVR 2.1.10 stable with Steam as of Dec. 11th fixed this issue for me.

2D games/Theater Mode even work in SteamVR 2.2.1 beta and Steam beta for me, despite SteamVR 2.2.1 breaking VR games again for me.