NVIDIA driver v375.27.12 breaks rendering the SteamVR default environment

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ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#28 · opened 2017-02-27 by kkriehl · updated 2017-03-01 · 4 comments · github

Kkkriehl 2017-02-27 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1484790260 (Jan 19 2017, at 01:23:20)
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
Graphics driver version (run nvidia-settings): 375.27.12
Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/kkriehl/97a63ccee6b8aec20506d68aba672b8f
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Opted into SteamVR beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install the new NVIDIA beta drivers from https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
Start SteamVR and put on your HMD
See a black screen with colored lines in the center instead of the SteamVR environment (see attached picture)

Destinations works ok but does sometimes show the visually also broken SteamVR loading environment. A Unity test build shows the same visual glitches in the Unity loading screen. After the scene has been loaded it renders correctly.

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Ddanginsburg 2017-02-27 github

Confirmed. We are looking into this. Recommend not using the NVIDIA 375.27.12 driver (stay on 375.27.10) until we can figure out what regressed.

PPlagman 2017-02-28 github

We got word from NVIDIA that they have found the problem and are working on a new driver release. Thanks for the report!

Ddamienleone 2017-02-28 github

We released new drivers (375.27.13) that should address this issue.

https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver

Kkkriehl 2017-02-28 github

I can confirm that the new drivers fix this error on my machine. I also have the feeling that the new driver reduces the perceived delay/distortion on rotational transformation a bit. I see the distortions mainly at the edges of the view so it could be linked to a difference in running the lense distortion shader?

Nothing extracted yet.