Steam vr troubleshooting
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See also steam vr performance.
Logs
Some issues with SteamVR are caused by missing libraries, or directories.
Some sample errors
./vrwebhelper: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6: undefined symbol: hb_ot_tags_from_script_and_language ./vrwebhelper: error while loading shared libraries: libcef.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to change directory in process '/home/will/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/tools/steamvr_environments/game/bin/steamtours': 2 Failed to execute process '/home/will/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/tools/steamvr_environments/game/bin/steamtours': 2# starting in console and watching logs is most dependable source of errors # logs exist in ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/Steam/logs but NOT EVERY ERROR is logged steam | grep -i -e 'vrwebhelper' -e 'failed' -e 'error' -e 'symbol'Console
- launch steam from console and it will log there - modify SteamVR's launch command to open and execute from a terminal.UI
Logs available from UI using
SteamVR > Create System Report: - Logs tab
Unable to contact Mongoose
- doesn't seem to be firewall
- doesn't seem to be dnsmasq
- validated steamvr
Errors/Fixes
Home won't Start
NOTE:
2021/10/17 no longer resolves issue
SteamVR > Restart Headset
Log Errors
(2021/10/17) symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6: undefined symbol: hb_ot_tags_from_script_and_language
Downgrade to freetype-2.2.10.4-1
sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/path/freetype2-2.10.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst# /etc/pacman.conf [options] # - freetype2: steamvr issue 2021/10/17 IgnorePkg = freetype2https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7935
aura -A cef-standard # OR aura -A cef-minimal