vernal quest
I get to see this pointless box every time I use SteamVR.
Clicking "manage add-ons brings up an empty window "SteamVR settings that does not render properly.
how to resolve this? - this has been like that for years, is my installation somehow strange, or does Steam simply ..ignore it?
wraith bobcat
what distro and what desktop environment
try launching steamvr with custom options QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb %command%
u need to unblock the alvr addon, via that manage add-ons screen
vernal quest
Ubuntu 24.10 Gnome on Xorg.
Part of the issue is that I have never seen the "manage add-ons" screen, also, if I clickthe hamburger menu on "STEAMVR 2.8.6 window, and settings - I get an empty settings windows (only the frame is generated) - I can open the "developer-settings" just fine.
I tried both export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb & ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh %command%
and ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb %command%
and in both cases: starting the program spawns two empty windows, and produces another empty window when I click "settings" or "manage add-ons"
wraith bobcat
this is wrong
you put & in middle which breaks it
only put this: QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb %command%
vernal quest
yes, I did that in terminal, where that means: do "export QT...(variable)" - which sets the env variable - and then (&) run the app.
is this where you suggest that I insert the varible ?
I tried to add "and ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb %command%" as "launch options" - it did not help.
wraith bobcat
only put what i suggested
vernal quest
@wraith bobcat but where? - the "launch options" apparently contains an command plus %commands% parameter, are you saying that I can remove the actual command?
wraith bobcat
just do what was suggested, and dont put instead put random broken stuff in
you cannot put vrmonitor in until u fix the blocked addon
so run it without that first, fix blocked addon, then put it back and everything works
you are in this broken state because of all the previous failed attempts - alvr is now blocked
vernal quest
@wraith bobcat thank you for trying to help me, I do not remember to have put in that VRmonitor there but it can be more than a year ago when I tried/tested something. I have this situation with unusable windows in this particular application. so I cannot enter settings. Please see this screen recording.
vernal quest
ok, after switching to Wayland I can read the settings window:
maybe I should just disable to gamepad support?
Anyway - I tried to switch to beta and back to see if I could get rid of any config changes.
The situation is now as follows: the steamVR takes aover a minute to start (any window to appear) - ALVR Statistics is empty, but it says it is connected. I see no mountains/SteamVR graphics, all is black , but if I load HL Alyx then I can move controllers and sense the menu feedback - but no video.
vernal quest
SOLUTION; adding the QT env.var did nothing good. removing "~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh" sabotaged everything (just black screen) - the solution to removing that "plug-in was blocked" is just to start with wayland, see the setteings menu and disable the gamepad plugin.