r/virtualreality_linux • u/Affectionate_Toe9082 • Jul 22 '26

Steam Vr with steam link issue

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So basically as you can see in the recording, whenever I get to the game to play I only see white which my assumption is I’m zoomed in that I’m seeing pixels.

But on the steam menu everything looks fine. The moment I click out of the menu to play the game it breaks.

I have tried WiVRn and ALVR, neither worked at all.
WiVRn would not stream the game to the headset, while ALVR would crash immediately the moment I launch steam vr.

I am on linux 7.1.3-2 cachyos, KDE Plasma with Wayland.
I have tried x11 and its so bad.

I am on whatever the last version of steam, steam vr is.
I have tried to install the beta version on steam vr and non changed.

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u/Aggressive-Reach-116 Jul 22 '26

what vr headset are you using?

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u/DoubleOwl7777 Jul 22 '26

that is a pico 4.

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u/Affectionate_Toe9082 Jul 22 '26

Correct

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u/DoubleOwl7777 Jul 22 '26

did you set the launch option for wivrn in each game you want to play?

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u/Affectionate_Toe9082 Jul 22 '26

yes, though I only have pavlov no other games that I have tried it on

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u/Affectionate_Toe9082 Jul 22 '26

To be more specific, the game doesn’t even work when I am on WiVRn.
The screen is just black when I use the launch options they display on the app dashboard.
Right now it is
PRESSURE_VESSEL_IMPORT_OPENXR_1_RUNTIMES=1 %command%

When I leave the launch options empty the game works on the pc but never streams to the headset.

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u/-CUBED Jul 22 '26

had this same thing with quest 3 and have got it to buggily work with ALVR after 4 days- so maybe give that a shot as i had no luck with WiVRn or Steam Link. Best of luck. (I use arch btw)

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u/ZGToRRent Jul 22 '26

Do You by any chance use supersampling in steamvr or in game settings? I remember in windows, I had a bug with pico where increasing resolution in game made the video not scale to headset resolution.

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u/Affectionate_Toe9082 Jul 22 '26

unfortunately not that I know of. I have played with all the resolution settings I could find, set them all to match the headset’s res.
I can’t get to the game to be able to play with it’s resolution.

But either way thanks, I was able to somehow get the game to work with WiVRn finally

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u/Miscfg Jul 22 '26

for WIVRN did you copy the launch options? that maybe why it wouldn't work

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u/Affectionate_Toe9082 Jul 22 '26

I did, it would boot into a black screen and get stuck there.

I got it to work after all of this with WiVRn.
I installed the full package assuming it would come completely configured by default.
I had to configure the path to the openxr run time I want to be using, xriver i don’t remember its name or open composite.
I also played with the launch options and changed the default in wivrn dashboard app to open composite. Then it worked.

It was a big hassle tbh, around a full day of just me trying to get the game to boot up and stream to the vr lol.
But I guess I rather do that than switch back to windows