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[BUG] Does not start. #674

Open IamCatmep opened 7 months ago

IamCatmep commented 7 months ago

Describe the bug SteamVR asks for superuser, I enter my password, and every time I attempt to run it, the launch button goes to "Stop" then "Launch" again.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install SteamVR, any branch.
  2. Click on Launch button
  3. Enter root password
  4. No error, just not opening.

Expected behavior SteamVR to launch normally.

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IamCatmep commented 7 months ago

Fresh install of steam fixed nothing.

carlbennett commented 7 months ago

SteamVR non-Beta was briefly launching until I tried something to get it to work, not sure which thing it was that caused this behavior but it may have been related to compatibility mode and/or Proton. I found a reinstall did not help me any nor did removal of the SteamVR install directory either. What helped was switching SteamVR non-Beta to Beta and letting it reinstall that way. I got a sudo prompt when I went to launch, let it install with root, and then it finished launching thereafter. Seems to launch all the time now, though SteamVR Beta hasn't solved my other problems.

Fedora 39 x86_64, SteamVR Beta 2.4.1, HTC Vive Pro w/ Eye-Tracking

Linubuser commented 7 months ago

I managed to get SteamVR running with this workaround (if this can help anyone).

  1. Add the following Launch Options to SteamVR:

steam-runtime-launch-options -- %command%

  1. Launch SteamVR.

A menu will pop up and set the following options: Container runtime to: None SDL video driver to: x11

  1. Click: run
grat2 commented 3 months ago

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/674#issuecomment-1951483381

I stumbled on this issue report and I wanted to add that this workaround works for me also using ALVR!

Specs: OS: Fedora 40 KDE Plasma Kernel: 6.8.9-300.fc40 DE: Plasma 6.0.4 CPU: Intel i7-12700k GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900XT SteamVR: 2.4.4 Steam/SteamVR/ALVR all flatpak versions