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1 month ago Hello @pplgg, there's not many clear details in your issue report, but from what I can gather, you're using the Steam for Linux client, and the Linux native variant of SteamVR. That makes your issue out-of-scope for the Proton issue tracker.
Looking at the extended diagnostics information, you're running an X based user session on your NVIDIA GPU, but for some reason, your Intel GPU is getting picked for the default Vulkan render path, and that's having a hard time or can't render to X running on NVIDIA. (https://gist.github.com/pplgg/0438e49ac11561e7b864c096d5f9c0a6#file-steam-infor-diagnostic-txt-L197-L213 / https://gist.github.com/pplgg/0438e49ac11561e7b864c096d5f9c0a6#file-steam-infor-diagnostic-txt-L355-L371)
I'd try temporarily disabling hasvk by renaming /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_hasvk_icd.x86_64.json (and maybe /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_hasvk_icd.i686.json) to something that doesn't end in .json like .json.disabled, then restarting the Steam client and re-checking the health of those render paths in the Steam Runtime Diagnostics section. After that I'd look closely at the <steam folder>/logs/vrcompositor.txt log.
It's relatively common for Optimus laptops to have an HDMI port physically wired to the NVIDIA GPU, so I think your current configuration of running X on the NVIDIA GPU has the best chance of success.
Having 2GB of VRAM is a fairly low ceiling for VR workloads and might cause trouble with trying to run any significant games even if you can get SteamVR itself up and running.
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System Information
I confirm:
Symptoms
First time posting an, "issue" on github, so I'm going to copy paste what I said to the Steam Rep here instead:
"I've had this issue for over 600+ days now, and I just want to sell my headset and never touch VR again. I still, however, haven't tried one last thing, and that's support.
I am trying to get SteamVR to work on linux mint, but my original HTC Vive won't even display as a second screen anymore like it did on windows (no it's not the hdmi cable). I just want SteamVR to launch, but I keep getting 109 & 307 errors.
Nvidia settings aren't like windows users either, there is no, "add steamvr to permissions" option; the only recognizable option is to set it to high performance (which it's always been on).
Hey I've even tried installing Wayland protocols since Lutris isn't a thing with Steam.
I am unsure what to do. I am on a laptop as the graphics card is a part of the motherboard, so there is no, "rewire the hdmi cable" option. I am using Proton Steam (which always tells me proton failed to integrate, but steam somehow still works along with all the other linux compatible games in my library). I've looked in both Steam and Linux forum posts for solutions, nothing worked. I've tried endless combos of: betas, launch options, compatibility options, the list goes on...
Think you can help? After 1 week most users rage quit, a few months makes them give up. I'm not sure how I feel after 2 years now..."
Reproduction
Just plug everything in, try different betas, configs, even delete steamvrsettings, same results.. Also some of the images that I sent to the rep I've posted here: