SteamVR aborts with untranslated error if a system tray is not found

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ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#39 · opened 2017-03-17 by brettp · updated 2017-07-05 · 2 comments · github

Bbrettp 2017-03-17 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 14896229631
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 16.10, Elementary OS 0.4
Graphics driver version (run nvidia-settings): 375.27.13
Gist for SteamVR System Information: N/A (Crashes before a UI opens)
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Opted into SteamVR beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

If a system tray application isn't running, SteamVR gives an untranslated message that doesn't makes it obvious what the problem is. The error should explain that a systray is needed.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Close all system tray programs, or use one with limited support (like wingpanel in Elementary OS)
Open SteamVR
See untranslated error message (attached)

SSeegras 2017-03-24 github

Same here. I got a black qt window with button MessageBox_Continue and that was it. I could not even see the dark-grey text. Enabling *.debug=true for QT didn't tell anything interesting either.

Jjohnv-valve maintainer 2017-07-05 github

should be fixed in the current steamvr beta

Nothing extracted yet.