[BUG] Room setup only launches once

[makinbacon21]

Describe the bug Using the fix in #667 , I am able to launch SteamVR on Fedora Wayland, but unfortunately Room Setup does not launch.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Launch a clean install of SteamVR with the fixes from #667 applied
2. Try and select the room setup prompt
3. Observe headset says Next Up Room Setup

Expected behavior Room Setup would launch and behave as normal.

System Information (please complete the following information):

• Distribution: Fedora 40
• SteamVR version: 2.5.3 beta
• Steam client version: 1714854927
• Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
• Graphics driver version:

$ vulkaninfo | grep driverInfo
driverInfo                                           = Mesa 24.0.6
driverInfo                                           = Mesa 24.0.6 (LLVM 18.1.1)

• Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/makinbacon21/04f06d239cc419d51f012b5d1fdd9515

Screenshots

Logs

Sidenote, this section and the logs below are not listed in the template used when you try to create a new issue, but they are in issue_template.md and people have been told off for not having them in their issues. Highly recommend someone take a look at the GitHub issue template config to make sure it's as expected.

• Runtime System Information
• steam-logs.tar.gz
• steam-minidumps.tar.gz

[wallcarpet40]

I was playing around with this today and I noticed, while running SteamVR from the terminal that ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/tools/steamvr_room_setup/linux64/steamvr_room_setup.sh was trying to access a runtime-directory that does not exist. More specifically on line 51:

VRBINDIR=${ROOT}/../../../runtime/bin

Changing that line to:

VRBINDIR=${ROOT}/../../../bin solves that problem.

edit: After upgrading to SteamVR Beta 2.54, I also need to add export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 to ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/tools/steamvr_room_setup/linux64/steamvr_room_setup.sh

After that, the Room Setup is able to run, but after I close the Room Setup, it will not start again, unless SteamVR is restarted.

[TTimo]

Highly recommend someone take a look at the GitHub issue template config to make sure it's as expected.

Thanks, I didn't realize github wouldn't actually pickup my edits to the bug report template .. should be good now.

[wallcarpet40]

Steam client version (1714854927) SteamVR version: 2.54 Beta Distribution: Fedora 40, KDE Plasma 6, Wayland

After adding the fixes in my first comment and after the first successful Room Setup launch, if I try to re-open Room Setup again a bunch of times, I see messages in the vr_client_vrmonitor.txt saying:

Wed May 08 2024 22:17:19.854948 [Info] - Returning AlreadyRunning because process 13645 is running for process openvr.tool.steamvr_room_setup
Wed May 08 2024 22:17:21.598949 [Info] - Returning AlreadyRunning because process 13645 is running for process openvr.tool.steamvr_room_setup
Wed May 08 2024 22:17:23.331964 [Info] - Returning AlreadyRunning because process 13645 is running for process openvr.tool.steamvr_room_setup
Wed May 08 2024 22:17:24.985950 [Info] - Returning AlreadyRunning because process 13645 is running for process openvr.tool.steamvr_room_setup
Wed May 08 2024 22:17:26.575927 [Info] - Returning AlreadyRunning because process 13645 is running for process openvr.tool.steamvr_room_setup
Wed May 08 2024 22:17:27.955968 [Info] - Returning AlreadyRunning because process 13645 is running for process openvr.tool.steamvr_room_setup

Process 13645 is closed after I closed Room Setup, but somehow vrmonitor still thinks it's open, so I'm guessing the Room Setup does not exit cleanly or something.

My logs and system report: steam-logs.tar.gz https://gist.github.com/wallcarpet40/7ea07ddbaac53a8ad2e365768fc4d7a4

steam-minidumps.tar.gz

[ToasterUwU]

I have a similar issue. With the current stable version 2.5.4 i get a popup that tells me that it couldnt start the room setup because some other process is already starting. I fogot the exact wording, but essensially "Can run it, it already is"

The fixes that @wallcarpet40 describes didnt work for me, maybe i just misunderstood something or they left something out, idk. But the beta "previous" which gives me the 2.4.4 version solved the issue. So i went back to 2.4.4, setup my room, went back to 2.5.4 and used it from there

[makinbacon21]

When I launch SteamVR on 2.5.4 it launches what should be the room setup window, but it insta crashes.

[makinbacon21]

https://hastebin.com/share/ihavasiqok.kotlin steam-logs.tar.gz steam-minidumps.tar.gz

[TTimo]

To catch up on some fixes that haven't shipped in beta yet:

• If you are running SteamVR Beta 2.6.1, expand these scripts in your SteamVR install steamvr-2.6.1-startup-script-fixes.tar.gz

(they are from the 2.5.5 hotfix, you don't need them if you are running stable .. but you should stick with beta)

• You may want to turn off SteamVR Home in SteamVR Settings. Doesn't seem to be a problem, but it may cause some interference.

• Room Setup should now start correctly the first time you launch it.

• It won't start again after that, which will be fixed in a future update.

I don't think any of this is specific to Fedora so I'm repurposing this issue and closing several duplicate bugs.

[ToasterUwU]

Not even the Beta with the fixes, or the beta alone, or the stable hotfix alone work for me. With all of them its the same issue where room setup wont open even once. Im on NixOS like in #699 but for me it doesnt seem to help. I have run out of ideas on what to do. I would appreciate some help.

The "fix" that worked before (like mentioned in my previous comment) doesnt help anymore.

[ToasterUwU]

Ok, i found a janky workaround.

I start the stable version up, close the popup about not being able to start Room Setup because its already running, i go in the terminal and navigate to the room setup executable (not the bash script) and run it. It shows up with a black screen and crashes instantly. And now, after that i can click on the burger menu of the small steamvr window that shows the controllers and all, click Room Setup and it will startup fine and work. Im seriously amazed on how bad and broken SteamVR on Linux is.. But whatever, as long as i have some way of making it work.

[wallcarpet40]

This needs retesting. It was fixed in the latest SteamVR beta (2.6.2). I tested it with Fedora 40 and seems to work.

However: on Fedora 40, I still need to add export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 to ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/tools/steamvr_room_setup/linux64/steamvr_room_setup.sh to get it to launch at all.

[TTimo]

Thanks @wallcarpet40. You raise a good point, the SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 fix for Fedora needs to be more broadly applied. I'll put that on the list of stuff to look at.

The primary issue here is addressed, so I'm closing this.