SteamVR crashes on client connection

[AdalynBlack]

Description

As soon as my headset connects to the ALVR server, SteamVR crashes with an "unexepected error"

Hardware

hw-probe: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=9c55da98c8 (note that the detected DE is incorrect, I am using OpenBox, although XFCE is installed)

Installation

ALVR Version: 17.0.0

SteamVR Version: linux_v1.14

Install Type:

• [x] Packaged (AUR/alvr-bin)

OS Name and Version: Arch Linux

Logs:

The ALVR log shows no errors or warnings. The last logged line before the crash is "[INFO] CEncoder client connected, pid 109443, cmdline"

vrclient_steam.txt:

• Unable to load driver alvr_server. Primary driver DLL not found on filesystem: /usr/lib//steamvr/alvr/bin/linux32/driver_alvr_server.so.
• Unable to load driver alvr_server. Primary driver DLL not found on filesystem: /usr/lib//steamvr/alvr/bin/linux32/driver_alvr_server.so.

vrmonitor.txt:

• [Dismissable Warning Added] DismissableWarning_OpenXRDefaultRuntimePrompt The OpenXR runtime is not currently set.
• [Status Alert] SteamVR Fail (-301)

[AdalynBlack]

I managed to set the SteamVR runtime properly after switching to the SteamVR beta branch, as it refused to open settings otherwise. Changing to the correct runtime resulted in no change to the behavior. I am getting the same error and instant crash as I was before. If there are any other log files which might be useful, I can send them as well. I just sent the information which I thought might be relevant

[AdalynBlack]

I have returned to trying to get ALVR working once again, and have been met with the exact same issue. After looking around and trying different things, I have made no progress. The moment my client connects, SteamVR crashes, according to journalctl, it is a core dump, which doesn't give much information. Just in case, however, I have attached the full crash report generated by journalctl, just in case there is any useful information in it journal.txt

[Tanza3D]

i'm facing the same issue on my system, running on manjaro. for a split second, the "VR View" window shows the SteamVR Home loading panel, then it instantly crashes with, similarly, error (-301). i'm trying to make it work and i'll post something if i can figure it out, though seeming unlikely

EDIT: it's not much better, but downloading and running the executable directly from the Releases page instead of building it with something like yay ends up with SteamVR not crashing! there still seems to be an issue, though, because ALVR spits out an encoding issue, and you can't actually see it in-headset, but it's one step closer!

[Tanza3D]

okay! round two; if you compile the client, and server, manually from the git repo, it seems to fully work! steamvr no longer crashes, encoding works perfectly, and i can see it in the headset, controllers are aslo working! from my knowledge you can also install from arch aur using alvr-git but you still have to compile the client manually.

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