SteamVR Status says HMD is in Standby, but actual HMD display is still on, not off.

steamvropen

ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#56 · opened 2017-05-26 by ghost · updated 2018-01-20 · 1 comments · github

?ghost 2017-05-26 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): May 26, 2017
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 x64
Graphics driver version (run nvidia-settings): Nvidia 381.22
Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/jessedubord/cd07e067d48e74a676c91b574b6aa39d
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:

BEHAVIOR
After taking off the HMD and letting it run idle, SteamVR will say that it's in standby, but the display never powers off.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
The HMD display powers off when SteamVR Status window says its in standby.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Run SteamVR
Use the headset, briefly
Take it off and let it be idle until SteamVR says it's in standby.

Hh1z1 2018-01-18 github

Valve and NVIDIA really need to sit down and fix this little problem, it's one of a few that have been known about for almost a year. Even with at least 387.34, the VIVE randomly gets confused about which mode it should be in.

You have to run at least 387.34 for proper vulkan support anyway, and yes, it is a pain in the arse to update (kernel ABI also broke). Added benefit is there have been several fixes for VIve related things between 381.22 and 387.34. Some NVIDIA cards won't even detect the VIVE or lose sense of it after some time. Kinda like your case.

~~I believe it was introduced well after this was opened but Valve also as part of an update, changed the sleep time to something ridiculous like 5 seconds. ~~ Valve reverted this again as of January 17th 2018 update.

The hardware is glorious when it works though.

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