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MrHanMan 2014년 6월 10일 오후 2시 27분
HiDPI Support
I run Linux on my Macbook Pro Retina, and the steam interface is tiny. When will the linux version get HiDPI support?
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Dusk of Oolacile 2014년 6월 10일 오후 2시 29분 
How did you end up posting this in the linux section?
MrHanMan 2014년 6월 10일 오후 2시 39분 
... because it's a Linux question?
Dusk of Oolacile 2014년 6월 10일 오후 2시 57분 
Is it? Both the windows and mac versions support it, but the linux cliend does not? Then indeed it is. Forgive my ignorance.
MrHanMan 2014년 6월 10일 오후 9시 48분 
Thanks, but I've done that already. HiDPI is working fine in Gnome, but the application also has to support it through GTK. Most apps do, but Steam doesn't. Neither does Chrome, for that matter.
76561198075426954 2014년 7월 26일 오후 7시 57분 
Hey MrHanMan, I'm trying to get linux working properly on my mbpr, but gnome looks terrible, and I cant find the way to configure it. Would you mind to share information on how to get the scaling to work?
Pocket 2014년 8월 5일 오후 11시 58분 
I'm surprised the Windows version supports retina, given that Gaben hates Windows 8 and everything associated with it.
Poupine 2014년 8월 6일 오전 8시 47분 
Hey

I have recently purchased a 13.3" gaming laptop with a native resolution of 3200x1800. After playing around with xrandr to get an acceptable display, I found the following settings to work best:
Do not specify the size or DPI of your screen in xorg but rather use xrandr --output "Screen" --scale .5x.5 when you launch X (add it to your xinitrc)
The problem with this setup is that games launched from steam seem to dislike the scaling. I found out that with xrandr scaled at .5 and the game set to run at anything higher than 1080p, I could not use the mouse in-game.
My workaround for this is simple: for each game you want to launch, go to the launch properties and c/c:
xrandr --output $screen$ --scale 1x1; %command%; xrandr --output $screen$ --scale .5x.5

where $screen$ is your screen ID as given by xrandr -q. What it does is simple: scale back to 1x1, launch the game, scale to half again when exiting the game.


Now it could be that this works only in my case. However, I'm open to feedback on this solution and if it does indeed work for others, I will most likely write some automation tools to avoid the c/c of the same command over and over again.

Cheers
pullasuti 2015년 11월 17일 오후 12시 24분 
Bumping thread, because the topic says it all.

Recently switched to a 4K tv with my Steam setup and I can't even see the store items/descriptions/anything. Gnome with HiDPI scaling is pretty good at the moment with the only exception of Steam.

Hopefully the Steam UI will get a little love soon.
hleugast 2017년 1월 8일 오전 6시 02분 
At the beginning of 2017 this is still not resolved.

I have a new Lenovo Yoga 900-13 laptop with HiDPI resolution (3200x1800), running Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS. The Steam UI is so tiny that I have to squint and move very close to the screen. It is hardly usable.

I've had similar trouble with some other software though most seem to support high resolutions well nowadays.

I hope that you can make this work out of the box some time soon.
samrocketman 2017년 1월 10일 오후 2시 33분 
@Maleko the HiDPI skin is not perfect but definitely a major improvement! Thanks for the pointer :D
Turbo 2017년 5월 28일 오전 11시 40분 
MBPR 15" here...definitely need hidpi support.
qid 2017년 9월 30일 오후 8시 14분 
Very disappointed that this has been a problem for over three years now. Mozilla seems to have implemented excellent HiDPI support in Firefox on Linux, maybe Valve should consider asking them for help if they're unable to handle this on their own.
kitarei 2018년 4월 5일 오전 4시 26분 
Still no resolution for this problem. All my applications and desktop elements are scaled for my HiDPI monitor but steam is minuscule.
Pocket 2018년 4월 5일 오전 10시 23분 
That's weird. The last update was supposed to have fixed this. You should probably mention it on the GitHub[github.com].
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