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Theater mode with SteamVR 2.1.8 is displayed upside-down

steamvrclosed bug
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#644 · opened 2023-11-18 by caseif · updated 2023-12-14 · 11 comments · github
Ccaseif 2023-11-18 github

Describe the bug
Desktop games running in theater mode with SteamVR 2.1.5 2.1.7 2.1.8 are displayed upside-down. This issue persists when the game view is docked to vrdashboard or to a controller.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. With SteamVR running, open any desktop-mode game either through vrdashboard or the desktop Steam client
  2. Observe the upside-down viewport in theater mode

Expected behavior
The game should display right side-up.

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Ccaseif 2023-11-18 github

@kisak-valve Whoops, my bad on the title. Thanks for the quick fix!

Ddigitalcircuit 2023-11-19 github

Same issue here, Kubuntu 22.04 LTS.

And, correct me if I'm wrong - you also appear to have the same bug I do where SteamVR Home never launches, hence the "Up next"-styled item hanging around on top until a VR game is launched. It was broken before the 2.1.x beta series for me, I had just never gotten around to filing a bug report on it.

Jjarredpickles87 2023-11-20 github

Having the same exact issue as @caseif. I'm running Mint 21.2 on kernel 6.2.0-36 cinnamon DE 5.8.4
Running steam vr 2.1.5 beta version

Ccaseif 2023-11-22 github

This is still occurring with version 2.1.7.

Wwhinis 2023-11-22 github

Same, Arch version 2.1.7 still occuring

Jjarredpickles87 2023-11-22 github

Also same on 2.1.7 with Mint

CCarbonNotes 2023-11-29 github

Same with 2.1.7 on Steam OS 3.5.7 + HTC Vive

Update: Same issue on 2.1.8 as well

Jjarredpickles87 2023-11-30 github

Update again: still upside down on 2.1.8. Performance in certain games is also very stuttery.
Edit: Coming back to say 2.1.9 didn't help either.

TTTimo 2023-12-13 github

Fixed in StemVR beta 2.2.1

Ccaseif 2023-12-13 github

I'm unable to retest this as theater mode is no longer working at all for me in 2.2.1 as well as 2.1.10, with the "screen" being completely black. This occurs with both the beta and stable Steam clients and with both X11 and Wayland Plasma sessions.

Ddigitalcircuit 2023-12-14 github

SteamVR 2.1.10 stable with Steam as of Dec. 11th fixed this issue for me.

2D games/Theater Mode even work in SteamVR 2.2.1 beta and Steam beta for me, despite SteamVR 2.2.1 breaking VR games again for me.

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