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SteamVR does not find the lighthouses

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ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#42 · opened 2017-04-03 by awesomebytes · updated 2017-08-03 · 2 comments · github
Aawesomebytes 2017-04-03 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Mar 30 2017, at 22:20:57
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 14.04 64b (kernel 4.4.0-31-generic )
  • Graphics driver version (run nvidia-settings): 375.27.13
  • Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/awesomebytes/b3e8382640836560099aa79de464427e
  • 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:

I expected SteamVR to find my headset, both controllers and both lighthouses. But it never finds the lighthouses.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open Steam (Beta)
  2. Hit play on SteamVR (Beta)
  3. Plug in the Headset (if I plug it previously it gets me in Preparing to launch indefinitely many times).
  4. See how the headset and the controllers are detected (the headset shows a grey screen) but the lighthouses are not (and the lighthouses don't change from the green led to another status).
Aawesomebytes 2017-04-03 github

Apparently something was wrong with my lighthouses. I completely turned off all the system (computer, headset, both lighthouses) for a while. Then proceeded to start it all in windows 10, and it worked. Then I rebooted into ubuntu and it worked! I could start the tutorial even.

Rrhaleblian 2017-08-03 github

I encountered the same behaviour, and a computer shutdown, restart of the lighthouses, and computer restart similarly fixed it.

Steam client version (build number or date): Jul 17 2017 23:10:56
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core) | Linux soylentgreen 3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 4 15:04:05 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Graphics driver version (run nvidia-settings): 384.59 (negativo17 aka epel-multimedia)
Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/rhaleblian/f9f86061ad606af054ea3f14bea17f9f
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Opted into SteamVR beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

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