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[BUG] No available applications to open vrmonitor://quit

steamvrclosed bug
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#710 · opened 2024-06-14 by anxest · updated 2024-12-04 · 10 comments · github
Aanxest 2024-06-14 github

Can't exit SteamVR from dashboard
From SteamVR dashboard, when I try to exit (to close SteamVR), the button doesn't close the application. Instead Gnome opens a windows telling there is no available application to open "vrmonitor://quit".

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Start SteamVR
  2. From your headset, open the dashboard, and click on the menu, bottom left of the dashboard
  3. Click on Exit VR from this menu
  4. Get your headset off to see the windows on gnome desktops.

Expected behavior
Closing SteamVR after clicking in the dashboard menu instead of leaving through steam on desktop

System Information (please complete the following information):
Please use the latest Steam beta client and SteamVR beta for your bug reports!

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Aanxest 2024-06-14 github

Same issue with the vrmonitor://restartsystem (if I change an option in the settings and a restart is needed for example).
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Jjessy-bellanger 2024-07-27 github

Hi, I have the same problem with Pop OS 22.04, which uses GNOME 42.9.

Ookawo80085 2024-07-28 github

As i mentioned in https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr/issues/1864, just calling xdg-open with the misbehaving links makes it work, at least in the case of the web console, is SteamVR not calling xdg-open or is there an issue with accessing the xdg environment from SteamVR?

Ffritogotlayed 2024-09-07 github

I just built a new computer and moved to Pop_OS! as jessy-bellanger and am also getting the same issue. I also noticed that things like the steam VR home wont launch / run either. I think it's called VR Home. It's the little demo-like world where you have a virtual house and can launch games from there. I'm hoping this clears up when Pop updates to 24.04 & cosmic but I'm subscribing to this issue in hopes to add some traffic and gain some traction.

Ffritogotlayed 2024-09-08 github

Not sure what is different now but I ran Pop_OS! updates update (there were some system ones) and did a full reboot of my system due to some unrelated Intellij issues. I just used the exit from inside the vr menu successfully.

Aanxest 2024-09-15 github

Hello, I just tried and can confirm it's no longer an issue on Arch with gnome shell. So I'm closing this issue.

MMilliw 2024-09-25 github

I have had this since ever when using SteamVR on Linux with Gnome. Still an issue for me on Nobara 40 with Gnome 46.

KKibaGasteiz 2024-10-26 github

Yes, i'm still affected by this.

Ookawo80085 2024-12-04 github

Probably worth mentioning, i recently had to reinstall my distro, and the newly installed steam+ steamvr did not setup uri handlers at all, however after digging for an entire day, i managed to find the contents of the missing desktop files in this issues https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/457

adding those to ~/.local/share/applications with paths relevant for my user and then setting them as the default handlers with xdg-mime default <desktop file> 'x-scheme-handler/<vrmonitor or steamvr>' fixed the issue for me

Ookawo80085 2024-12-04 github

Going to probably also open an issue for the Void steam package, because im pretty sure other distros setup uri handlers as part of their packages

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