#3132·ALVR

SteamVR "Display VR View" feature not working

Author: reesqueCreated Dec 3, 2025Updated Aug 28, 2026

Description

Feature for mirroring VR View on desktop "Display VR View" always display a black screen. I'm not too sure if this is a problem from ALVR or SteamVR, but I figured I should report it. I have checked the Wiki, searched thru Issues and Googled to see if people has similar problem, even on Windows, nothing seems to show up.

General Troubleshooting

  • I carefully followed the instructions in the README and successfully completed the setup wizard
  • I read the ALVR GitHub Wiki

Environment

Hardware

Note: for Linux, an upload to the hw-probe database is preferred: hw-probe -all -upload https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=ea97c66bb6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB & AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series

GPU Driver Version: 580.95.05

Audio: None. This is a headless unit.

Installation

ALVR Version: 20.14.1

ALVR Settings File:

SteamVR Version: Tried on both 2.14.3 & 2.12.14

Install Type:

  • Packaged (exe, deb, rpm, etc)
  • Portable (zip)
  • Source

OS Name and Version (winver on Windows or grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release on most Linux distributions): Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)