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[BUG] CAP_SYS_NICE+ep breaks SteamVR menus and Chaperone boundaries

steamvrclosed bug
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#417 · opened 2021-01-02 by ominitay · updated 2021-01-02 · 2 comments · github
Oominitay 2021-01-02 github

Describe the bug
As instructed by the last comment in #234, I ran the command sudo setcap CAP_SYS_NICE+ep ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/linux64/vrcompositor-launcher to finish setting up SteamVR. After doing this, the chaperone bounds, along with the empty space (between loading games), and menu. Also, graphical glitches occur. If I undo this command, with the command sudo setcap CAP_SYS_NICE-ep ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/linux64/vrcompositor-launcher, these issues go away.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Execute the command sudo setcap CAP_SYS_NICE+ep ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/linux64/vrcompositor-launcher
  2. Open SteamVR
  3. Open menu or make chaperone show, then rotate head and see the geometry lag behind motion.
  4. See error

Expected behavior
Menu and chaperone boundaries should keep up with the motion (as all games do, regardless of the setcap).

System Information (please complete the following information):

Screenshots
I've yet to set up video recording software. The best way I can describe it is that if I look left, the chaperone bounds seem to lag to the right, and catch back up with in-game geometry when I stop moving my head.

Additional context
This persisted after reinstalling Arch.

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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-01-02 github

Hello @Ominitay, you have described the issue being tracked at #395. Noted at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/395#issuecomment-732427898, you can use the linux_1.14 beta branch of SteamVR to workaround the issue.

Closing as a duplicate.

Oominitay 2021-01-02 github

Thank you for pointing me to that @kisak-valve :) My searches across the internet were fruitless.

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