Starting any VR app leads to indefinite loading screen or system freeze

steamvrclosed

ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#134 · opened 2018-09-21 by yasarabio · updated 2018-10-03 · 4 comments · github

Yyasarabio 2018-09-21 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1487886215
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 18.08
Graphics driver version (run nvidia-settings): 390.87
Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/yasarabio/786c9e3101be97c20310a9323862ea29
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
Opted into SteamVR beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Since update on 09/21:

SteamVR Home is very laggy
Starting VR tutorial in Home or Steam leads to indefinite loading screen
Starting a game (eg Serious Sam 3 VR) leads to system freeze

all three bugs did not occure before 09/21

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Update Steam beta (1487886215)
Start SteamVR
Try to start any app (like VR tutorial or a game)

VVash63 2018-09-23 github

After you load into SteamVR home could you try moving your mouse around and seeing if your desktop is working OK? This may be a duplicate of #123

Yyasarabio 2018-09-26 github

UPDATE: SteamVR beta 1537887867

Issues unchanged.

During start up of SteamVR and loading of Home occurrence of sporadic desktop freezes and no mouse movement.
Loading of home and snapping in of movement tracking takes quiet long.

When Home finally is loaded and movement tracking works (still very laggy), then desktop is ok and mouse movement possible without interruptions.

VVash63 2018-09-26 github

Sounds very similar to #123 then, could you try updating to Nvidia 410 series drivers? I don't use Ubuntu so not sure what PPA they're in or anything but they should work.

The issue went away for me when I upgraded to an RTX 2080, but this card doesn't support 390 / 396 series drivers so I can't test the old ones anymore. Not sure if this is a GTX10 series issue alone or if the new drivers fix it for everyone.

Yyasarabio 2018-10-03 github

SOLVED

Installing the 410.57 - BETA driver downloaded from:
https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/137935
following the instructions for manual install from:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux
solved all issues. Movement tracking is now very smooth, all apps/games load quickly and mouse movement on the desktop is undisturbed.

Note: For now the 410 driver is not available over ppa.

Nothing extracted yet.