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[BUG] [Wayland] SteamVR Setting window is a black screen and breaks inputs

steamvrclosed bug
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#720 · opened 2024-07-08 by Lifeismana · updated 2025-04-04 · 3 comments · github
LLifeismana 2024-07-08 github

Describe the bug
SteamVR Settings window is black screen when launching SteamVR.
This issue is more problematic than it seems since it seems to break inputs when in-game
It's worth noting that SteamVR's ui inside the headset is working fine

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Launch SteamVR
  2. SteamVR launches and a setting window pops-up but is fully black
  3. Launch a game
  4. Try any inputs (e.g: trigger press), None are registered

Expected behavior
The Setting window should show up correctly & in-game inputs should work

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

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1719967667 Wed, Jul 3 00:38 UTC -08:00
  • SteamVR version: beta 2.7.2; stable 2.6.2; previous 2.5.5
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch (KDE 6.1.2 ,Wayland, Nvidia 555.58.02)
  • Steam runtime diagnostics: runtime.txt
  • Steam and SteamVR logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • Minidumps: steam-minidumps.tar.gz

Screenshots
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Additional context
I didn't check if this was also happening under X11 yet

LLazyHatGuy 2024-09-03 github

I'm having the same problem

LLifeismana 2024-09-09 github

i think that i finally resolved that by deleting the vrappconfig folder & steamvr.vrsettings file under ~/.local/share/Steam/config/ (might be worth it to close steam before doing that)

Kkotleni 2025-04-04 github

same bug

Nothing extracted yet.