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japtar10101

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Registered: 2009-08-08

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Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

I'm trying to run Bastion on Chromium, but after finally enabling WebGL and disabling the GPU blacklisting, I still get the message:
Bastion requires a graphics card with at least 256 MB of VRAM

So lets check out what the box on my graphics card say:
Radeon HD 5770, 1GB GDDR5

Err...well, how about lspci -vv?

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Juniper [Radeon HD 5700/6700 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device 2543
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 24
	Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 2: Memory at fe9c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	Region 4: I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
	Expansion ROM at fe9a0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
		DevCap:	MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 unlimited
			ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
		DevCtl:	Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
			RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
			MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
		DevSta:	CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
		LnkCap:	Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us
			ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
		LnkCtl:	ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
			ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
		LnkSta:	Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
		DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis-
		DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-
		LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB
			 Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
			 Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
		LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB
	Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
		Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
	Capabilities: [100 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
	Capabilities: [150 v1] Advanced Error Reporting
		UESta:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
		UEMsk:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
		UESvrt:	DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
		CESta:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
		CEMsk:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
		AERCap:	First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
	Kernel driver in use: radeon

Well, it seems like it recognizes I have at least 256 MB of VRAM.  What's going on?

Last edited by japtar10101 (2012-02-07 06:25:33)

Silex89

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From: Osorno, Los Lagos - Chile

Registered: 2011-10-16

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Hi there!

Are you using Catalyst or the open source driver?

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japtar10101

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Registered: 2009-08-08

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Hi there!

Are you using Catalyst or the open source driver?

Open-source.  Should I use Catalyst?

DarkCerberus

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Registered: 2011-12-31

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Hi there!

Are you using Catalyst or the open source driver?

Open-source.  Should I use Catalyst?

It's your decision whether or not to use ATI Catalyst - however please have a look at the Arch Linux wiki first as it'll explain that you can only get it from the AUR repository since it's unsupported, and some functions on certain desktop environments may become useless.

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japtar10101

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Registered: 2009-08-08

Posts: 57

Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Hi there!

Are you using Catalyst or the open source driver?

Open-source.  Should I use Catalyst?

It's your decision whether or not to use ATI Catalyst - however please have a look at the Arch Linux wiki first as it'll explain that you can only get it from the AUR repository since it's unsupported, and some functions on certain desktop environments may become useless.

I actually have tried it a long while before, and I didn't quite like it.  Do you think it's necessary to install that driver to play Bastion?  Preferably, I'd like the open-source driver to recognize I have 1 GB of VRAM...

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Preferably, I'd like the open-source driver to recognize I have 1 GB of VRAM...

It does. That message from Bastion is bogus. Probably a generic error message, and the actual issue being something completely unrelated.

japtar10101

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Registered: 2009-08-08

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Preferably, I'd like the open-source driver to recognize I have 1 GB of VRAM...

It does. That message from Bastion is bogus. Probably a generic error message, and the actual issue being something completely unrelated.

Er, and that issue may be...?

If there's any information I can give you in regards to the hardware, I'll type it into the terminal and give the results.

Gusar

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Er, and that issue may be...?

I don't know, I didn't write Bastion.

japtar10101

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Registered: 2009-08-08

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Er, and that issue may be...?

I don't know, I didn't write Bastion.

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you in anyway.  I thought you might know more about this problem.  Also...

Preferably, I'd like the open-source driver to recognize I have 1 GB of VRAM...

It does. That message from Bastion is bogus. Probably a generic error message, and the actual issue being something completely unrelated.

Legitimate question: where in the lspci output does it say I have 1 GB of VRAM.  I only see 256 MB, or if I were to add the numbers together, 768 MB.  I'm curious to know where it says 1024 MB.

Last edited by japtar10101 (2012-02-11 19:23:14)

Gusar

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Re: Running Bastion on Chromium (Radeon HD 5770)

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you in anyway.

I wasn't offended. Apologies if my reply came over as rude, wasn't meant that way.

Legitimate question: where in the lspci output does it say I have 1 GB of VRAM

I had a link once that explained this stuff in detail. Too lazy to search for it right now, but basically, accessing more than 256MB on a graphic card requires extra tricks. These tricks are no problem for a graphic card driver, but lspci isn't aware of them, so it'll never show more than 256MB.