Steam vr troubleshooting
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See also steam vr performance.
Logs
Some issues with SteamVR are caused by missing libraries, or directories.
# 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
SteamVR > Settings won't start
Check the logs, I needed to downgrade
freetype2
and installlibcef
.SteamVR Dashboard won't display
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-minimalNOTE:
still getting errors, perhaps adjust LD_LIBRARY_PATH
(2021/10/17) ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32):
Ignorable.
(2021/10/17 | vrwebhelper_pairing.txt) CEF Local Resource Load Error
The filenames fonts installed with steam are mixed-case, but being retreived lowercased.
Linux filesystems are case sensitive, create symlinks for the lowercased variation.# ~/.local/share/Steam/logs/vrwebhelper_pairing.txt CEF Local Resource Load Error: http://localhost:27062/fonts/get_font?font=motiva-sans-regular.ttf -> 404 (Not Found)cd ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/resources/webinterface/fonts \ && ln -s Motiva-Sans-Bold.ttf motiva-sans-bold.ttf \ && ln -s Motiva-Sans-Regular.ttf motiva-sans-regular.ttfhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/255#issuecomment-877844004