[BUG] Failed to connect to window manager

[BUG] Failed to connect to window manager steamvr closed

[BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window manager steamvr closed

• kisak-valvemaintainer · 2025-12-05 · [BUG] Failed to connect to window manager
  Hello @Martmists-GH, `[Info] - Swapchain failed to be created: fffffffc` in vrcompositor.txt and mesa 25.3.1 noted in console-linux.txt points towards the issue being tracked at #836. Closing in favor of the older issue ...
• TTimo · 2024-05-02 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  Closing. Please open a new report with the requested information if you experience this in latest SteamVR beta. Please do not use `steam-runtime-launch-options` or disable the Steam for Linux runtime configuration. You s...
• HReflex · 2024-04-30 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  > This fix error 497 for me on Bazzite OS. > > 1. Add the following Launch Options to SteamVR: > steam-runtime-launch-options -- %command% > 2. Launch SteamVR. > A menu will pop up and set the following options: > Contai...
• SentineI · 2024-02-24 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  It took a lot of effort, but I've been able to find out what caused my SteamVR problem, why it caused a problem, and how to fix it: The problem was caused when I started the Flatpak version of Steam, after I'd effectivel...
• SentineI · 2024-02-20 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  An update: I connected my "clean test install of Ubuntu 22.04" HD to my main system, and "mount --bind"ed it's copy of Steam where my version was. I was then able to start it's Steam fine, but as soon as I started it's S...
• SentineI · 2024-02-19 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  I have now tried with SteamVR beta 2.4.1, but this doesn't fix the issue either. I'll leave it on the beta version in the hope this gets a fix first. @Linubuser > This fix error 497 for me on Bazzite OS. Thanks for the s...
• Linubuser · 2024-02-19 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  This fix error 497 for me on Bazzite OS. 1. Add the following Launch Options to SteamVR: steam-runtime-launch-options -- %command% 2. Launch SteamVR. A menu will pop up and set the following options: Container runtime to...
• SentineI · 2024-02-19 · [BUG] SteamVR does not start: Failed to connect to window ma
  I have now tried renaming the "steamvr.vrsettings" file & the "vrappconfig" folder in "~/.steam/debian-installation/config/", before starting SteamVR (in the hope a config file was corrupt), but that didn't help either.