SteamVR/Valve Index doesn't output to headset

arcooke

I don't really expect many people to be able to help troubleshoot this but maybe someone has an idea of what I can try. Ubuntu users seem to be able to at least get the headset working (albeit with a myriad of other issues).

I'm on Solus Budgie.. everything up to date

I meet all the requirements outlined by Valve here for AMD systems (Vega 64 in my case). But all I get is a SteamVR Compositor window on my desktop, and no display through my headset at all

I'm not really sure how that compositor is supposed to work. Any ideas how to get the display to output to my headset instead of a desktop application? I've made sure to disable LSI settings.. and I've tinkered with the various options but they don't seem to help.

More often than not, about 30 seconds after starting SteamVR.. this usually happens.. and I can't do anything but reboot the system to get my display back.

DataDrake

arcooke I can't guarantee any Index functionality until we are on the 5.3 series of the kernel where most of the required updates are.

That last photo looks like a driver crash. If you switch to a TTY (CTRL+ALT+F1) and check your Xorg log and dmesg that would help.

Neumie

Holy crap: another index user on Solus. I though i was the only one. HELLO! 😃

I get this intermittently. I think it's more a steamVR thing than a solus thing. Assuming your system is fully up to date it may just be a case of restarting SteamVR or restarting your system to get it working. The current 5.2 kernel for solus has all the bits and bobs needed to get it working.

It may also be worth switching to the steamVR beta if you haven't done so already. SteamVR on linux is very much in a beta state.

Also if you are using the native runtime you need to close steam, launch steam linux integration and switch to the steam runtime instead. I have found using the native runtime to be problematic for VR for some reason. It complains that something is missing but i'm not sure what.

Hopefully that helps.