[BUG] Developer menu in options doesnt show anymore

steamvropen bug

ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#797 · opened 2025-07-20 by farmboy0 · updated 2025-07-23 · 3 comments · github

Ffarmboy0 2025-07-20 github

Describe the bug
If you open the SteamVR options, activate the advanced setting and click on the developer options one of two things will happen either a second options window will open showing the General options or the dialog will close like it crashed.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

start SteamVR
2.open the Settings dialog
Make sure advanced options are shown in the lower left corner
Click on Developer menu item

Expected behavior
the Developer settings are shown

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): 1752883671
SteamVR version: 2.12.5
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Gentoo
Steam runtime diagnostics: https://gist.github.com/farmboy0/a67248fd3e1f1b52224a5df8b76eab7b
Steam and SteamVR logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
Minidumps: [run the following command: tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-minidumps.tar.gz /tmp/dumps]

SSpacefish 2025-07-21 github

This is probably caused by steamvrwebhelper crashing / segfaulting.. That´s a problem since many versions and not specific to the developer menu IMHO.. Check dmesg for segfaults of steamvrwebhelper to confirm this.

Ffarmboy0 2025-07-22 github

@Spacefish You are correct, its indeed a steamvrwebhelper crash. It also only happens when the headset (Vive Pro) is turned on, without it the Developer page shows just fine.

Ddanwillm 2025-07-23 github

Thanks for reporting. This will be fixed in the next SteamVR Beta update.

Nothing extracted yet.