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[BUG] vrmonitor crashes on startup

steamvrclosed bug
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#890 · opened 2026-04-29 by ImSapphire · updated 2026-04-29 · 1 comments · github
IImSapphire 2026-04-29 github

Describe the bug
vrmonitor aborts on startup when launched via Steam. The vrstartup-linux.txt says:

[2026-04-28 20:36:45] 04/28 20:36:45 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
[2026-04-28 20:36:45] 04/28 20:36:45 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(250820)/version(2.16.3)/tid(182755)
[2026-04-28 20:36:45] This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "wayland;xcb".
[2026-04-28 20:36:45]
[2026-04-28 20:36:45] Available platform plugins are: xcb.
[2026-04-28 20:36:45]
[2026-04-28 20:36:45] Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
[2026-04-28 20:36:45] crash_20260428203645_2.dmp[182758]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Open SteamVR

Expected behavior
vrmonitor launches successfully and SteamVR startup sequence continues

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

Additional context
Setting the launch command to QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb %command% fixes the issue.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-04-29 github

Hello @ImSapphire, this issue is already being tracked at #697. Closing as a duplicate.

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