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[BUG] Steam Link VR stuck on "Next Up" when launching a game

steamvrclosed bug
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#839 · opened 2025-11-25 by Reonu · updated 2025-11-25 · 2 comments · github
RReonu 2025-11-25 github

Describe the bug
SteamVR Link connects on my Quest 3, but when trying to launch a game it gets stuck on the "Next Up" screen with the game's name. The game's flat windows launches on my monitor but I never see anything on the headset.

To be clear, the SteamVR UI works perfectly. It's properly streamed to the headset. It's games that don't work.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Connect to Steam Link VR
  2. Launch a game

Expected behavior
The game should be visible on the headset

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): Beta 1763795278
  • SteamVR version: Beta 2.14.3
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): EndeavourOS, up to date
  • Steam runtime diagnostics:

steamruntimeinfo.txt

  • Steam and SteamVR logs:

steam-logs.tar.gz

  • Minidumps:

steam-minidumps.tar.gz

Screenshots

Additional context
Using a Quest 3. WiVRn works fine, it's just Steam Link that doesn't work.
Running an Nvidia RTX 4070Ti Super.
While many games don't display an error at all, Beat Saber does show an error in the flat window. It says that no OpenXR runtine has been found. This is despite me setting SteamVR as the OpenXR runtime from within the SteamVR settings window.

RReonu 2025-11-25 github

Upon further inspection it appears that the button to set SteamVR as the current OpenXR runtime doesn't actually work. it claims to do it but once I restart SteamVR the current OpenXR runtime is back to being "None". And I can never launch any games.

RReonu 2025-11-25 github

Okay, so, apparently the actual use here is that the "Set SteamVR as OpenXR runtime" button from within the SteamVR window doesn't actually do anything. After setting it manually, Steam Link now works. I'll open an issue for this.

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