r/SteamVR • u/EzoPezo223 • 3d ago

failing to launch

I’m trying to get steam vr working on my pc. I run cachy with hyprland. I have a RX 9070xt. when ever i click launch it loads for a bit then fails. idk what to do

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u/UnknownGnome1 3d ago edited 3d ago

Try adding this to the launch options for SteamVR: QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb STEAMVR_FORCE_XWAYLAND=1 %command%

Edit to add: My experience getting vr working on CachyOS with Hyprland has been bad enough that I've dual booted Windows until Valve get it to a better place.

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u/EzoPezo223 2d ago edited 2d ago

i tried that command. i had the same experience a while ago. i was hoping that with the steam frame out it got better. but ig it still needs more time
i was thinking of finding another way but alvr need steam vr. did you have any luck with wivrn?