nobara -

indeed, it doesn't show up. I've read somewhere it should show up after starting steamvr and the headset but it didn't. steamvr is also freezing everything outsids of itself on startup 😎 so its not the only issue

it was properly connected, i even tried a few different usb ports

your reaction suggests it should work out of the box...

then i suspect i messed something up pretty early on when i got this pc and tried things i didn't quite understand (or by now, remember). i still mostly fly blind, learning the basics of linux bit by bit with every failure