#3382·ALVR

buggy visuals and steamvr corruption upon launch

Author: YourWaterSpencerCreated Aug 31, 2026Updated Sep 14, 2026

Description

vr instantly crashes and corrupts some file related to controller tracking and then vr view is simply a screen infront of the headset upon launch that i can see the edges of if i move my head (the screen itself does follow the orentaion of my head but not the position so it just stays in place so i can look away from it while seeing that it shows whats in the dashboard in that direction (its kind of difficult to describe so sorry if it seems confusing))

General Troubleshooting

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

Environment

Hardware

Note: for Linux, an upload to the hw-probe database is preferred: hw-probe -all -upload specs in the link bellow https://termbin.com/r3cwc CPU:

GPU:

GPU Driver Version:

Audio:

Installation

ALVR Version: v20.14.1 ALVR Settings File: both google and the wiki dont specify where to find this file and my own random clicking didnt find it so im not sure what to put here SteamVR Version: 2.17.7 Install Type:

  • Packaged (exe, deb, rpm, etc)
  • Portable (zip) i got the tar gz file so i think this one
  • Source

OS Name and Version (winver on Windows or grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release on most Linux distributions): Linux Mint 22.3