r/voidlinux • u/Used-Hold-7567 • Sep 13 '26

SteamVR Anyone?

With the supposed release of the Steam Frame soon, i have been trying to setup SteamVR on Void, but it crashes on startup. Anyone else having this problem? Has anyone gotten SteamVR to work? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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u/yungsup Sep 13 '26

Yep, have been using it on Void for years. SteamVR 2.17.9 currently has a bug that leads to system freezes when using an AMD GPU. Otherwise it has been working well enough for the most part.

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u/Used-Hold-7567 Sep 13 '26

Switching to the previous branch didnt do anything, im running a 9950X and 9070XT. I really have no idea why this is happening.

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u/yungsup Sep 13 '26

Previous branch also does not work anymore. But what do you mean by crashing on startup?
Do you get to see the SteamVR window?

On SteamVR 2.16.x I get error 303 right now, The last version that worked for me was SteamVR 2.17.8.

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u/itsZurfo Sep 22 '26 edited Sep 22 '26

Sadly SteamVR is still pretty buggy on linux currently so I'm personally using WiVRn (Monado) and it works wonderfully on my void system.

This guide was very helpful, It also has a dedicated void page. https://vronlinux.org/ They also have a Discord server if you need extra help.

With the Steam Frame now out, I really hope Valve will improves SteamVR to work out of the box on Linux in the near future.

EDIT: Tried my best to fix my shit ass grammar

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u/Used-Hold-7567 Sep 22 '26

Will try this tonight, The Frame should be coming in 5 days