Setting firewall rules failed (Arch Linux, AUR package) | ALVR | Page 1

lofty oracle Nov 20, 2025, 8:09 PM

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Running on Arch Linux using the LTS kernel, using a Quest 3, installed via the "alvr" AUR package, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, RTX 4070Ti on driver version 580
the logs are below because they're only 2 lines, im using the default config
[SESSION] Updated 20:05:14.037 [ERROR] Setting firewall rules failed!

tacit lagoon Nov 20, 2025, 9:01 PM

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What firewall do you use? There is a known issue with firewalld which will be fixed in upcoming versions https://github.com/alvr-org/ALVR/issues/3021

GitHub

Firewall Error (Linux, Bazzite) · Issue #3021 · alvr-org/ALVR

I've never done a bug report on github before so sorry if I'm doing things wrong. Every time i try to add firewall rules on Alvr 20.14.1 or even the nightly build it errors out. I opened th...

lofty oracle Nov 21, 2025, 6:34 PM

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pretty sure i use firewalld

indigo leaf Jan 25, 2026, 12:16 AM

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lofty oracle pretty sure i use firewalld

were you ever able to get this resolved? I am also having an issue where patching the firewall errors out.. im also on Arch

lofty oracle Jan 25, 2026, 12:16 AM

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i havent really tried since then

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i just tried to launch it and it came up and polkit asks for my password so i think it got fixed or something

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not sure

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nvm

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i opened the wrong thing

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let me actually try with alvr this time

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yeah it just works for me now not sure how i can help i apologise

indigo leaf Jan 25, 2026, 12:19 AM

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Dang.. i can use ALVR and it plays VR but just it shows me like 2 ghost frames on each side of what im looking at in VRC and i cannot view my deskop or manage it xD

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Well i appreciate the response

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Hey! I got an error code 👀

#Setting firewall rules failed (Arch Linux, AUR package)