Technical Specs: (As best as I can remember at this time)

• AMD Ryzen Processor
• Radeon Graphics card
• PopOS (Currently attempting with KDE Plasma Wayland)
• I do have Proton Installed.

A while back I decided to give Linux gaming a go, and have overall been really satisfied with the result, with only occasional frustrations. I have mostly been able to figure things out on my own, but I think I’ve reached my technical limit / ability to use search engines in this area.

I am getting very odd behavior when trying to set up/use the Valve Index. I don’t know much about Steam VR, but I will describe what is going on to the best of my ability.

When I click the VR Goggle icon in Steam, it seems to open up Steam VR in a mini-window, and another window for first-time set up.

Here’s where it gets strange/confusing: In the Steam VR, it shows the green icon for the headset, the controllers, and the lighthouses. But in the first time set up (When I select either standing or play area), it says the controllers and headset are off. Steam VR is also giving me an odd error code: 307; and then it tells me it needs to be restarted. When I click the error code to get more information, it tells me a bunch of stuff I need to do in Windows, (Which does not help my situation, of course). Also, when I tried to update the firmware in the lighthouses, I get a Bluetooth error code (I think it was: BT-232).

Has anyone encountered any of these issues?

I have done a few things upon reading the help pages in the Steam VR documentation. For example: I switched to using KDE Plasma with Wayland, as I understand Gnome on Ubuntu is lacking features that KDE Plasna has. Beyond that, however, I am not sure what more I need to do, or if I can do much more. I’m also not sure where I can get more information about these odd status codes, as most answers I find end up being Windows-centric.