AMD R9 Nano GPU not recognized by Big Picture Mode correctly

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4069 · opened 2015-10-16 by majewsky · updated 2019-07-18 · 3 comments · github

Mmajewsky 2015-10-16 github

When I entered "Big Picture" mode, it initially had some ridiculously low resolution (compared to my native 4K), so I dove into "Settings > Display" where I could increase the resolution to Full HD, but only with a warning that the GPU has only 256 MB RAM. Indeed the Display Device reported in the same view is "ATI Technologies Inc. 256 MB", which is definitely not correct. :)

uname, glxinfo: https://gist.github.com/majewsky/4a280bcfd789dc76b884

Mmajewsky 2015-10-16 github

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3900 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
"Arch Linux" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.1.6-1-ARCH
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11702000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2015-06-12

Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon (TM) R9 Fury Series

Driver Version:  4.5.13399 Compatibility Profile Context 15.20.1046
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x1002
DeviceID:  0x7300
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  3840 x 2160
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Primary Display Size: 34.57" x 19.09"  (39.49" diag)
                                        87.8cm x 48.5cm  (100.3cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC892

Memory:
RAM: 15995 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 469029 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 381477 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Fri Oct 16 23:14:55 2015 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20151017011454_33.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-83c5261a-c8ca-4c6c-9f1e-18f212151016''

TTele42 2015-10-17 github

Duplicate of #1311, this does not affect any games, it's only cosmetic. Did this message prevent you from increasing the resolution?

Mmajewsky 2015-10-17 github

Yes, that's the issue. I already suspected this to be a cosmetic problem since games are not affected, but it's nice to have that confirmed.

Nothing extracted yet.