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SteamVR error 497 - Swapchain failed to be created: fffffffc

Open Markosha2004 opened this issue 1 month ago • 11 comments

Describe the bug SteamVR can't connect to window manager after switching to Fedora 43 in the recent Nobara Linux update

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Launch SteamVR

Expected behavior SteamVR to launch

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): 1763795278
  • SteamVR version: 2.14.3
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Nobara Linux 43
  • Steam runtime diagnostics: [generate via Help -> Steam Runtime Diagnostics in the Steam client]

runtime_diag_nobara_nov_24.tar.gz

  • Steam and SteamVR logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]

steam-logs.tar.gz

  • Minidumps: [run the following command: tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-minidumps.tar.gz /tmp/dumps]

steam-minidumps.tar.gz

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Markosha2004 avatar Nov 24 '25 17:11 Markosha2004