[BUG] Desktop View blank on Wayland

[Flimsy-Fox]

Describe the bug
The Desktop View inside the Dashboard on Wayland is blank. Remaining in this view for a few seconds would cause the Steam client to crash and respring. Previously on X11, the Desktop View would be visible and usable for the first time, and then would revert back to current behavior (blank screen, crashing).

Switching to the SteamVR Beta branch has yielded no different results. Results have persisted since the release of 2.0.0.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Launch steam-native
2. Launch SteamVR
3. Open the Dashboard, go to the desktop view
4. Observe that the view is blank
5. Wait for 10 seconds
6. Steam client crashes, then resprings. Dashboard functionality will momentarily return

Expected behavior
Inside the SteamVR dashboard, each desktop is selectable. When a desktop is selected, the corresponding desktop is visible and interactable. Remaining inside each of the desktop views does not cause a Steam client crash nor for the VR dashboard to otherwise disappear.

System Information (please complete the following information):

• Distribution: Arch Linux, Linux 6.6.29-1-lts
• SteamVR version: Beta 2.5.3
• Steam client version: 1709846872
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Graphics driver version: Mesa 24.0.6-arch1.2
• Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/Flimsy-Fox/bbe999b95d82a81baab503a95b567552

Note: Commenters who are also experiencing this issue are encouraged to include the "System Information" section in their replies.

[WinterCaverns]

The same thing happened to me but over on the windows side if you are able to duplicate the thread for that.

4060
I7 series
32GB DDR5

Since you wanted specs...

It worked fine before 2.3.5 ever since then it's been a mess.

Desktop 2 shows but 1 is blank on the dash board and won't return. I can still add a window and it shows correctly but I am unable to get the desktop 1 view back.

[TTimo]

Hello @Flimsy-Fox,

Please test without steam-native - it is an Arch modification that is not supported. Use the normal steam package instead.

Please also consult https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md for an updated list of the various logs and information that we need to get in order to be able to investigate.

[Flimsy-Fox]

Hello @Flimsy-Fox,

Please test without steam-native - it is an Arch modification that is not supported. Use the normal steam package instead.

Please also consult https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md for an updated list of the various logs and information that we need to get in order to be able to investigate.

I have tested using steam-runtime, and the results remain unchanged. For completeness, I decided to also test on X11; the result is no different from on Wayland. After Steam was updated to 2.5, a "Please Wait" image would show on the Desktop view before returning to a blank screen.

Gist for Steam Runtime Diagnostics: https://gist.github.com/Flimsy-Fox/884480a730910583255b4fc33a18ed31

I noticed that decompressing the Steam Logs resulted in several files; how should I post them?

[TTimo]

I noticed that decompressing the Steam Logs resulted in several files; how should I post them?

You can upload the .tar.gz here (for whatever reason github won't accept a .tgz though)

[Flimsy-Fox]

I noticed that decompressing the Steam Logs resulted in several files; how should I post them?

You can upload the .tar.gz here (for whatever reason github won't accept a .tgz though)

steam-logs.tar.gz
steam-minidumps.tar.gz