From eff70e61e0818a13c7f47215b91c06b145e2da0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RSDNTWK <75706303+RSDNTWK@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 01:01:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added alternative way of launching SteamVR in linux.

---
 alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs |  6 +++---
 steamvr-script/readme.md                             | 10 ++++++++++
 steamvr-script/steamvr_linux.sh                      |  1 +
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 steamvr-script/readme.md
 create mode 100644 steamvr-script/steamvr_linux.sh

diff --git a/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs b/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs
index f9d530644d..37088d7b00 100644
--- a/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs
+++ b/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ use alvr_common::anyhow::bail;
 use alvr_common::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use sysinfo::Process;
 
-pub fn launch_steamvr_with_steam() {
-    Command::new("steam")
-        .args(["steam://rungameid/250820"])
+pub fn start_steamvr() {
+    Command::new("sh")
+        .args(["-c", "cd $(dirname $0) && ./steamvr_linux.sh"])
         .spawn()
         .ok();
 }
diff --git a/steamvr-script/readme.md b/steamvr-script/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af6cca8f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steamvr-script/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This is a sample script to fix an issue with steam breaking DRI_PRIME and QT_QPA_PLATFORM
+commands from working together in some distros. 
+
+
+Place in alvr_streamer_linux/bin folder where the alvr_dashboard binary is.
+
+Be sure to change the commands and steamvr vrmonitor.sh path as needed. 
+
+make it executably by typing chmod +x steamvr_linux.sh
+
diff --git a/steamvr-script/steamvr_linux.sh b/steamvr-script/steamvr_linux.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9be159fb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steamvr-script/steamvr_linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DRI_PRIME=1 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh

From c0f2c8198a0792221ff14a21b31c50283ed41d5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RSDNTWK <75706303+RSDNTWK@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 01:13:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] corrected definition.

---
 alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs b/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs
index 37088d7b00..1cc2d06e66 100644
--- a/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs
+++ b/alvr/dashboard/src/steamvr_launcher/linux_steamvr.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use alvr_common::anyhow::bail;
 use alvr_common::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use sysinfo::Process;
 
-pub fn start_steamvr() {
+pub fn launch_steamvr_with_steam() {
     Command::new("sh")
         .args(["-c", "cd $(dirname $0) && ./steamvr_linux.sh"])
         .spawn()