SteamVR applications not launching on Linux.

[xslendix]

Description

SteamVR launches, tracking and video work, same with controller input. The issue is that when I try to start a game or application, it gets stuck at "Next Up". For example, the SteamVR Performance Test is stuck at preparing to launch, or the SteamVR Home when I press Play, it just stops instantly. I did verify the integrity of the files.

General Troubleshooting

• [x] I carefully followed the instructions in the README and successfully completed the setup wizard
• [x] I read the ALVR Wikis here and here

Environment

Hardware

https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=25cf332260

Installation

ALVR Version: ALVR server v19.0.0

SteamVR Version: Version 1.24.7 (1671750570)

Install Type:

• [ ] Packaged (exe, deb, rpm, etc)
• [x] Portable (zip)
• [ ] Source

OS Name and Version (winver on Windows or grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release on most Linux distributions): Gentoo GNU/Linux x86_64

[galister]

This is an issue with SteamVR on Linux, launching from the SteamVR dashboard does not work most of the time, not just on ALVR, but on natively supported headsets (Index, Vive, etc) either.

Try launching the titles from Steam's desktop window, or if you want to do it from the comfort of your headset, you can try this overlay, which I created because I was just as annoyed with the state of the SteamVR dashboard as you are now.

[xslendix]

I get the same result by launching from the Steam window as well.

[galister]

Checking ~/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_* might shed some more light on this.

[xslendix]

Sure thing, which one are we interested in?

/home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_steam.previous.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_steam.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_steamtours.previous.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_steamtours.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrcompositor.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrdashboard.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrmonitor.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrserver.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrstartup.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrwebhelper_controllerbinding.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrwebhelper_keyboard.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrwebhelper_main.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrwebhelper_pairing.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrwebhelper_settings_desktop.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_vrwebhelper_systemui.txt /home/slendi/.steam/steam/logs/vrclient_wine64-preloader.txt

[Vixea]

Please use nightly, if you still error out send the logs

[Vixea]

Note i doubt your problem will go away be switching to nightly but there so many improvements in nightly for Linux that I just try to recommend it any chance I get

[xslendix]

Switched to nightly, no SSL version so I decided to use AppImage. No longer able to connect to PC, trying out building from source.

[xslendix]

Source didnt work, same issue.

[Vixea]

Have you built openssl?

[xslendix]

Have you built openssl?

Oh definetly, how would I be doing HTTPS? OpenSSL is installed on my system, but I don't think the one that ALVR is linked to.

[frozht]

I think you can launch from the headset, but instead of directly from the main Steam dashboard. Try going to the app library which is basically Steam's Big Picture and the games should launch there.

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