SteamVR-for-Linux VS steamvr_utils

**Links:**Github issue post 1: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/21

When Vulkan drivers are ready maybe the Asahi Linux perhaps also be ready to run some SteamVR apps https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/blob/mast...

A guess, but SteamVR can't recover from VR applications crashing causing all future ones to not work, might be Home crashing first. Try turning off Home, and restarting.

steam VR Linux issue tracker

I tried to launch Alyx after the setup, and got a 303 error like described here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/572

From there I went to the SteamVR for Linux Github to see if any bugs related to this were reported.

Yes, the beta - SteamVR Beta Update also has the same problem, but with extra bugs like this issue for "Shared IPC Compositor Init Failed (303)". The linux_v1.14 - Older build, for Linux users also has the same problem. The None beta version is the only one I can use, as it doesn't show the "Shared IPC Compositor Init Failed (303)" error.

I posted an issue on the SteamVR for Linux Github, but that's basically been abandoned so I'm trying my luck here.

As for making Bluetooth power management work under Linux, I use this script to automatically turn the base stations on and off. Note that Bluetooth functionality isn't entirely out of the question for SteamVR Linux, and the Index is already supported as of earlier this year. There's no official comment about the Vive (nor the Index actually), but it'll probably happen. Eventually.

There is steamvr_utils script https://github.com/DavidRisch/steamvr_utils which changes audio output and turns on/off basestations. But it's not working properly if you're using pipewire instead pulseaudio (for me at least)

For instance, the index base stations don't go into standby automatically, and the bluetooth layer in the linux version of SteamVR just doesn't function, so currently I rely on https://github.com/DavidRisch/steamvr_utils to set my lighthouses into standby when I'm not using them. It's a pain, but it works!

I recently got steam VR to work really well, using this.

I wrote a python program to do that on Linux: https://github.com/DavidRisch/steamvr_utils

Yeah, that graphics card is what's slowing the experience down, I don't think you'd see any difference using Windows. As for the audio, try using this: https://github.com/DavidRisch/steamvr_utils

Just found out about steamvr_utils thanks to this, really cool stuff