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[BUG] Steam menu is scaled too much when SteamVR is launched while in big picture mode

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ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#819 · opened 2025-10-21 by mkopec · updated 2025-10-22 · 1 comments · github
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Mmkopec 2025-10-21 github

Describe the bug
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While steam is in Big Picture mode (launched with gamescope -e -- steam -bigpicture), the SteamVR menu is scaled a lot and most of the UI is inaccessible due to being clipped. See screenshot for reference

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Launch Steam Big Picture in gamescope using this command: gamescope -e -w 3840 -h 2160 -- steam -bigpicture
  2. Launch SteamVR using Steam Link app on Meta Quest 3
  3. Press menu button on left controller to bring up Steam overlay
  4. Try to use the overlay

Expected behavior
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Menu is normally scaled and usable

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): 1759461205
  • SteamVR version: 2.13.6
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): CachyOS
  • Steam runtime diagnostics: [generate via Help -> Steam Runtime Diagnostics in the Steam client]
    steam_runtime_info.log
  • Steam and SteamVR logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
    steam-logs.tar.gz
  • Minidumps: [run the following command: tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-minidumps.tar.gz /tmp/dumps]
    steam-minidumps.tar.gz

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Mmkopec 2025-10-22 github

Fixed by updating to the Steam Beta client.

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