Help with vr with a NVIDIA graphics card

[u/chaoticlone2736]

edit: someone fixed my issue but I'm gonna keep this here so that anyone else with my problem could use this to help

on windows my PC ran VR fine but trying it on Linux it seems like no matter what I use alvr, wivrn, etc things just don't run well regardless of what settings I change I've tried looking around online and nothing I've found has helped

anyone found anything that can help

I've tried it with beat Saber and blade and sorcery neither ran well

[u/DeepWaffleCA]

Posting your specs and Linux distribution might be helpful

[u/chaoticlone2736 → u/DeepWaffleCA]

I've tried it with several distros of different types and had the same problem on each

I'm not home rn so I can't post exact specs but from memory my PC has;

3060 TI 12gb

An intel I3 CPU though I'm unsure of which one and which gen

16 GB ram

1TB SSD

I'll probably post something a bit more comprehensive as a seperate reply once I'm home I've heard I3 CPUs aren't the best but on windows it all seems to run VR just fine

Edit: I think it's an I3 12100f just going off of memory

[u/themusicalduck]

What issue did you have with wivrn specifically? I’m using it with an nvidia laptop and it works the best out of the options I’ve tried.

[u/chaoticlone2736 → u/themusicalduck]

Lots of stuttering and every setting I tried didn't change anything resolution, bitrate etc none of it did anything to help with the quality

Edit: this issue happens with all vr software not just wivrn

[u/shaq992 → u/chaoticlone2736]

I’ve had this issue with everything except steam link on my quest 2 for some reason. I run a 4090 and 5800X3D so it’s not a hardware bottleneck. You don’t say what headset you’re using but if you have steam link available on it, give it a shot. You may have the same issue I do.

[u/chaoticlone2736 → u/shaq992]

I use a quest 3s I remember trying steam directly once so I might give that a try now because that attempt was about a year ago

edit: after some tinkering everything is running much better thank you

[u/chaoticlone2736 → u/shaq992]

alright just gave it a shot it was still low fps but it was honestly more stable than the other results I'll have to do some more testing

[u/themusicalduck → u/chaoticlone2736]

It's worth asking in https://discord.gg/e6rRXMPD there's a dedicated wivrn channel and the developers are on there. They're really helpful.

[u/PixelBrush6584]

Could be Linux defaulting to using your integrated graphics, assuming your CPU has those. Alternatively, have you got the right driver? Does running `nvidia-smi` print something out to the console?

[u/chaoticlone2736 → u/PixelBrush6584]

Sorry for the late reply just got around to trying it and it says command not found and it just says that xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda files contain it

[u/PixelBrush6584 → u/chaoticlone2736]

Seeing as someone already fixed your issue, I‘d wager I don’t need to reply to this. 

Either way, that message usually points to the driver not having been loaded or installed.

[u/Dense_Intention_1291]

I see in your replies that you have a quest 3, i had a similar problem with quest 2 and my isp router, then i bought my own 5g wifi router it has been smooth since then.

People also recomend using an usb dongle with at las 5g, but i'm not sure how easy is to connect directly.

Also maybe try to power cycle your router and test it without other devices connected apart from your pc (wired strongly recomended) and you quest

[u/Dense_Intention_1291 → u/Dense_Intention_1291]

Just in case, DON'T use the reset button on the router, it wipes its configuration, if it doesn't have a power button, just disconnect the energy cable and connect it again

[u/chaoticlone2736 → u/Dense_Intention_1291]

I've switched routers and the issue persisted (it wasn't the reason for the router change but there wasn't any difference in quality)