Inconsistent but frequent freeze caused by SteamVR

Graphics / Linux Linux
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I am having pretty much the same problem as maladaptly.
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1052380/linux/-driver-430-14-system-sometimes-hangs-when-playing-vrchat-with-proton-on-linux-mint-64bit-gtx-1080-/

This has happened to me with driver versions: 430.14 418.56 415.27 410.78
For me the frequency of the hang is the same on the driver versions I tested.

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Wow. I got an internal server error when posting, but it also worked…

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@ Maladaptly
@ firedefender1

We have new Nvidia Driver 418.52.07 released, can you please verify with it and share results.

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@ amrits

I just tried version 418.52.07
I am 99% sure that this update fixed my issue.

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Only one of my controller buttons doesn’t work after the update. Which makes absolutely no sense to me, but I guessed I should say it in case Maladaptly has a weird issue like that too.

Edit: The button only doesn’t work when ingame. There wasn’t any update for the game though… or any updates at all, other than me installing the new nvidia driver…
Edit2: Actually never mind there was a hotfix for SteamInput.

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Thanks firedefender for the update.

@Maladaptly,

Can you also test Driver 418.52.07 and share results with us.

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@Maladaptly if you don’t feel comfortable with installing the Nvidia drivers without them being part or your system repository, you could make a backup with something like Timeshift before attempting the installation.

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Beta driver 418.52.07 does indeed resolve the issue for me as well. Thank you very much!

There are some other issues, but at this time I don’t have a strong reason to believe the driver may be at fault for any of those, especially as there was a major SteamVR update since I first noticed this crash.

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@amrits How do we know when we can install a non-beta driver again? I don’t understand the versioning enough to know what driver might incooperate the changes that helped us.