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sonoflysander · ‎08-21-2014

I got my oculus yesterday and followed the instructions to get everything setup, but I can't seem to get it to work correctly.
Symptoms:

IF it displays anything, it is only the desktop (can't display any game directly to the headset) and my phsyical screen goes blank
Everything is rotated 90 degrees to the right.
On windows was displaying in both eyes, but recent attempts on linux have only displayed in right eye

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 x64, I don't have Windows right now (I borrowed a friend's laptop yesterday for Windows). I've compiled the linux-sdk and even created the neccessary symlink, but perhaps I have just have incompatible hardware?

Here are my specs (the output of lshw, sorry it's kinda long):


    description: Notebook
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    vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    version: 1.0
    serial: D4N0CY584430188
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 ldt16 vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=N sku=ASUS-NotebookSKU uuid=5798D9E9-5ED1-A7B4-C55F-74D02B159FB2
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: N76VJ
       vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
       physical id: 0
       version: 1.0
       serial: BSN12345678901234567
       slot: MIDDLE
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: N76VJ.202
          date: 08/31/2012
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 6080KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification uefi
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          description: L2 cache
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          slot: CPU Internal L2
          size: 1MiB
          capacity: 1MiB
          capabilities: internal write-through unified
     *-cache:1
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 9
          slot: CPU Internal L1
          size: 256KiB
          capacity: 256KiB
          capabilities: internal write-through data
     *-cache:2
          description: L3 cache
          physical id: a
          slot: CPU Internal L3
          size: 6MiB
          capacity: 6MiB
          capabilities: internal write-back unified
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: b
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
             product: EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F
             vendor: Elpida
             physical id: 0
             serial: 108C0167
             slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: [Empty]
             vendor: [Empty]
             physical id: 1
             serial: [Empty]
             slot: ChannelA-DIMM1
        *-bank:2
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
             product: EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F
             vendor: Elpida
             physical id: 2
             serial: 1074D167
             slot: ChannelB-DIMM0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: [Empty]
             vendor: [Empty]
             physical id: 3
             serial: [Empty]
             slot: ChannelB-DIMM1
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: c
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
          slot: SOCKET 0
          size: 1200MHz
          capacity: 3800MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms cpufreq
          configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 09
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 09
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:e0000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GF108M [GeForce GT 635M]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
                resources: irq:44 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 09
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:45 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:41 memory:f7a00000-f7a0ffff
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
             resources: irq:43 memory:f7a1a000-f7a1a00f
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:16 memory:f7a18000-f7a183ff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:46 memory:f7a10000-f7a13fff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:17 memory:f7900000-f79fffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 01
                serial: 6c:71:d9:72:da:0d
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.13.0-34-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.0.0.11 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                resources: irq:17 memory:f7900000-f797ffff memory:f7980000-f798ffff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:19 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f7800000-f78fffff
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 10
                serial: 74:d0:2b:15:9f:b2
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=alx latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
                resources: irq:47 memory:f7800000-f783ffff ioport:d000(size=128)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:f7a17000-f7a173ff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:42 ioport:f0b0(size=8) ioport:f0a0(size=4) ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:f7a16000-f7a167ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:f7a15000-f7a150ff ioport:f040(size=32)
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: ST1000LM024 HN-M
             vendor: Seagate
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 2AR1
             serial: S2TTJ9FD135257
             size: 931GiB (1TB)
             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=72d98fd5-afa6-4935-8df5-b325a9c2b722 sectorsize=4096
           *-volume:0
                description: reserved partition
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
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                capabilities: nofs precious readonly hidden nomount
                configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
           *-volume:1
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                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                version: 3.1
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                capacity: 931GiB
                capabilities: ntfs initialized
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     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
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             product: ST1000LM024 HN-M
             vendor: Seagate
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 2AR1
             serial: S2TTJ9FD135261
             size: 931GiB (1TB)
             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=ff0aa815-8b20-43ac-846d-409aaf9356a2 sectorsize=4096
           *-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
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           *-volume:1
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sdb2
                logical name: /
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                serial: 751a7f04-55ce-4fce-a926-6a2d919d73d3
                size: 923GiB
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           *-volume:2
                description: Linux swap volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 3
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3
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     *-scsi:2
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          logical name: scsi2
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
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             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             logical name: /media/paulbaker/UDF Volume
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gusvfx · ‎08-22-2014

same problem here

metalglasses · ‎08-22-2014

I have the same problem. Have you done anything that I described in my post?

Anonymous · ‎08-22-2014

Also on ubuntu 14.04, no great solution yet, some debugging:

Running xrandr the DK2 shows up as HDMI2:

guy@numitor:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3000 x 1920, maximum 32767 x 32767
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 820mm x 461mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+   59.9  
   1920x1080i     60.1     60.0  
   1280x1024      60.0  
   1360x768       60.0  
   1280x720       60.0     59.9  
   1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0  
   1440x480i      60.1     60.1     60.1  
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
   720x480        60.0     59.9  
   640x480        75.0     72.8     60.0     59.9  
   720x400        70.1  
HDMI2 connected 1080x1920+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 71mm x 126mm
   1080x1920      75.0*+   72.0     60.0  
   1080x948      120.0  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

By default its in 1080x1920 mode. The 0.3.2 oculus config util rejects this and
says to put the oculus in native resolution. To make it happy rotate it left:

xrandr --output HDMI2 --rotate left

This will be in extended mode, to switch mine to mirrored(not required):

xrandr --output HDMI2 --same-as HDMI1

So thats step 1, oculus works as a monitor and the 0.3.2 config tool starts up and recognizes it. But that is the extent of my success. The IPD measurement crashes constantly(probably due to HD4000, waiting on nvidia's next gpu's to drop). The world demo renders, but is off center:

http://i.imgur.com/rsypN19.png

it almost looks like its rendering for 1920x1920 (but the window rendered to is verified 1920x1080)

cybereality · ‎08-22-2014

Getting DK2 support with the old SDK on Linux may or may not be a good experience.

We do plan to continue Linux support, but I don't know how long it will be until the next release.

superdan · ‎09-20-2014

Yeah, im having the same off-centre issues. Waiting impatiently for the 0.4 Linux SDK so I can do some actual dev work.
In the mean time it looks like the issue covers Steam/Source VR games as well as the Oculus Demos.
http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/37474830965641690/7629FCFF9BB4A404D4F7EDF763DA61147452743E/

I think you are probably right about something pulling in the non-rotated screen sizes, for a 1920x1920 monitor

bar10dr · ‎09-20-2014

This is for windows so don't know if you get anything out of it but...

My only solution to this in extended mode is to set the oculus as the main display, then the game starts in the correct monitor

My 690GTX can't handle Direct mode at all

Interestingly if I set my 610GT as the main display it will go into Direct mode just fine but then it uses the 610GT as the device to run the game on so I get only a few frames per second.